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1. Adam Smith
Adam Smith was a key figure to the Scottish Enlightenment. |
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Economist who thought free market should be allowed to regulate business
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2. Aristotle
Aristotle looked at the nature of the world & human belief. |
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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
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3. Baron de Montesquieu
Baron de Montesquieu studied political liberty as a natural right. |
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French political philosopher who advocated the separation of executive and legislative and judicial powers (1689-1755)
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4. The Enlightenment
The Enlightenment was helped created by many great thinkers. |
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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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5. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Jean-Jacques Rousseau believed injustice and inequality are caused by defective political systems. |
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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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6. John Locke
John Locke belived that when humans are born they are born with natural rights. |
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Philosopher who thought people were basically reasonable and moral, and believed in natural rights
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7. Laissez Faire
Laissez Faire can benefit buissnesses without having the government to interfier
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Allows business to operate with little or no government interference
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8. Philosophy
There was philosophy in dramatic revolutions in The Enlightenment era. |
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the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics
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9. Plato
Plato was a student of socrates which taught him to study their beliefs. |
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ancient Athenian philosopher, most-famous student of Socrates, known for his ideal leaders "Philosopher-Kings"
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10. Social Contract
In this world world we live in no one would want a social contract. |
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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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11. Socrates
Socrates taught his studebts to study their own beliefs. |
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ancient Athenian philosopher, the "Socratic Method" is named for his process of questioning to discover answers
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12. Thomas Hobbes
Thomas Hobbes new idea was governments power comes from the people. |
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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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13. Voltaire
Voltaire fought against intolerance,prejudice and superstition.
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French writer who was the embodiment of 18th century Enlightenment, defender of free speech
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