The Enlightment

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Laissez fair

Policy allowing business to operate with little or no governemnt intereference

Thomas Hobbes

Which Enlightenment thinker thought that if people gave up all their right and empowered king with all authority, there would be peace

Rousseau

Which Enlightenment thinker believed that women didn't have a place in the world

Wollstonecraft

Which Enlightenment thinker believed that women should have an education and be equal to men, besides physical strength

Voltaire

Which Enlightenment thinker once said "Ecrasez I'infame"

Denis Diderot

Which Enlightenment thinker was a composer

Denis Diderot

Which Enlightenment thinker was a contributor to the Encyclopédie

Voltaire

Which Enlightenment thinker was known for being a French satirist

Thomas Hobbes

Which Enlightenment thinker wrote Leviathan

Voltaire

Which Enlightenment thinker once said "I do not agree with a word you say, but will defend to the death your right to say it"

Thomas Hobbes

Which Enlightenment thinker believed that men were evil and corrupt

Social contract

An agreement by which people gave up their freedom to a powerful governement in order to avoid chaos

Natural rights

Custom, tradition or the edicts of kings cannot override _____

Religious superstition

During the Enlightenment, many people moved away from ______

Philosophe

French for "philosopher"; French thinker who desired reform in society during the Enlightenmemt

Philosophes

Group of French intellectuals

Deism

Recognized God as Creator, but held the world, once created accordingly to natural laws without divine interference

Natural rights

Right that belongs to all humans from birth, such as life, liberty and property

Natural law

Rules of conduct discoverable by reason

Natural law, reasoning, scientific method

Scientific Revolution's Contribution to Enlightenment ~Established _______ as the basis of facts/knowledge ~Established _____ as the means to analyze/interpret facts ~Created _______ as a means to attain and test knowledge

Inalienable rights

The idea of the rights to life, liberty and property

Philosophes

This group came from both the upper and middle classes

Philosophes

This group shared a "critical spirit- studied culture, types of government etc.

Natural laws

Use of reason in explaining the role of the government

Montesquieu

Was a French lawyer, man of letters, and political philosopher who lived during the Age of Enlightment

Adam Smith

Was a Scottish moral philosopher, pioneer of political economy, and a key figure in the Scottish Enlightenment.

Voltaire

Was a french Enlightment writer, historian, and philosopher famous for his wit, his attacks on the established Catholic Church, and his advocacy of freedom of religion, freedom of expression, and separation of church and state.

Rousseau

Was a philospher, writer and composer of the 18th century. His political philosophu influenced the Emlightenment in France and across Europe, as well as aspects of the French Revolution and overall development of modern political and educational thought

John Locke

Was an English Philosopher and physician regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers and knowm as the "Father of Classical Liberalism"

Thomas Hobbes

Was an English philosopher, best known today for his work on political philosophy

Crush the infamous thing

What does "Ecrasez I'infame" mean

Ecrasez I'nfame

What is French for "Crush the infamous thing"

Thomas Hobbes

Which Enlightenment thinker believed in a social contract

Montesquie

Which Enlightenment thinker believed in a system of checks and balances?

Voltaire

Which Enlightenment thinker believed in the "Enlightened Monarch"

John Locke

Which Enlightenment thinker believed in the inalienable rights of life, liberty and property

Montesquie

Which Enlightenment thinker believed of a separation of powers-> executive, legislative and judicial

Rousseau

Which Enlightenment thinker believed that each citizen should take part in creating a social contract

John Locke

Which Enlightenment thinker believed that government could be overthrown

Rousseau

Which Enlightenment thinker believed that government is created based on general will of the people

John Locke

Which Enlightenment thinker believed that governments should be ruled with consent of the people (through representatives)

Denis Diderot

a French philosopher, art critic, and writer. He was a prominent figure during the Enlightenment and is best known for serving as co-founder, chief editor, and contributor to the Encyclopédie along with Jean le Rond d'Alembert.


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