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The Enlightenment Vocab Cards
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11th Grade
01/30/2017

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Adam Smith


Adam Smith start the economics jobs.

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Economist who thought free market should be allowed to regulate business

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Aristotle


Aristotle was the first philosophers.

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one of the greatest of the ancient Athenian philosophers, his writings were the first to create a comprehensive system of Western philosophy.

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Baron de Montesquieu


Baron de Montesquieu was one of the creares of the Separation of power.

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French political philosopher who advocated the separation of executive and legislative and judicial powers (1689-1755).

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The Enlightenmen


The Enlightenmen was very important for The U.S. Government.

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a movement in the 18th century that advocated the use of reason in the reappraisal of accepted ideas and social institutions.


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Jean-Jacques Rousseau


Jean-Jacques Rousseau was a man with a execelent idea.

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Believed people in the natural state were basically good, but that they were corrupted by the evils of society, especially due to the unequal distribution of wealth.


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John Locke


Jonh Locke was one of the first one to create the Constitution.

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Philosopher who thought people were basically reasonable and moral, and believed in natural rights.


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Laissez Faire


thanks to Laissez Faire a lot of people have the right of have this own bussines.

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Allows business to operate with little or no government interference.


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Philosophy


Phylosophy is one of the best things that exist.

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the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics


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Plato


Plato represent a perfect vision of government society.

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ancient Athenian philosopher, most-famous student of Socrates, known for his ideal leaders "Philosopher-Kings"
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Social Contract


Social Contracts is one of the things we use the most.

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The unwritten agreement between individuals and society in which individual rights are traded for overall order (decrease of chaos)

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Socrates


Socrates was a good dectetive.

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ancient Athenian philosopher, the "Socratic Method" is named for his process of questioning to discover answers.


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Thomas Hobbes


Thomas Hobbes was kind of wrong about us we are just llike them because we make mistakes just like them and we are not so selfish.

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English materialist and political philosopher who advocated absolute sovereignty as the only kind of government that could resolve problems caused by the selfishness of human beings (1588-1679).



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Voltaire


Voltaire is great man and important for us because thanks to him we have the right to give or opinion.

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French writer who was the embodiment of 18th century Enlightenment, defender of free speech.


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