Chapter 8-2 The Ideas of the Enlightenment

Who explain the laissez-faire in The Wealth of Nations?

Adam Smith

What did Diderot do?

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Who were Haydn and Mozart?

Innovators who wrote classical music rather than the baroque music of Bach and Handel

What does laissez-faire mean?

Laissez-faire is the concept that the state should not impose government regulations, but should leave the economy alone

How does Rousseau's The Social Contract describe liberty?

Liberty is received by being forced to give up something for the good of the general will

How did Locke's ideas influence Enlightenment intellectuals?

Locke's ideas suggested that people were made led by experiences from the surrounding world

Which three philosopes were most important in the first half of the eighteenth century?

Montesquieu, Voltaire, and Diderot

How did Newton's ideas influence Enlightenment intellectuals?

Newton believed that the physical world and everything in it was like a giant "world machine"

What made the rococo style of art different from the earlier baroque style?

Rococo emphasizes grace, charm, gentleness, lightness and was secular

What did Montesquieu create?

Separation of powers

What two reasons did Mary Wollstonecraft present for giving women equal rights?

She pointed out that the power of men over women was equally wrong and the Enlightenment was based in an ideal act reason in all human beings

According to The Wealth of Nations, what were the three main functions of government?

•the function of the army •the function of the police •public works

What did Voltaire create?

Deism