1. Adam Smith

Adam Smith was a great thinker who helped to improve businesses.

Economist who thought free market should be allowed to regulate business

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2. Aristotle

Today my teacher had us read one of Aristotle's writings.

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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3.Baron de Montesquieu

We have Montesquieu to thank for the original idea of the separation of powers.

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 bore many influences that we can see in life today.

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

Rousseau's thoughts on people are shown in the stereotype for an average rich person, portraying them as a snobby selfish human being.

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's thoughts on people may have been a little off.

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

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7. Laissez Faire

My company would like to run on Laissez Faire.

Allows business to operate with little or no government interference

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8. Philosophy

When I attend college, I want to major in philosophy.

the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics

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9. Plato

Plato is most known for writing "The Republic."

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

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10. Social Contract

In a social contract, people hope that they will be able to keep their rights.

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

One of many influences of Socrates that might be seen in schools is the Socratic Seminar.

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 provided the idea of people having power in a government.

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 was an extremely witty person.

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

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