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| 1. Adam Smith "Without Smith, businesses would not be autonomous, self regulating entities." |
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| Economist who thought free market should be allowed to regulate business [image] |
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| 2. Aristotle "He was the apprentice of Plato, who was apprentice of Socrates." |
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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 [image] |
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| 3. Baron de Montesquieu "Without Montesquieu, separation of powers in democracy would be a nonexistent concept." |
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| French political philosopher who advocated the separation of executive and legislative and judicial powers (1689-1755) [image] |
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| 4. The Enlightenment "This was a social, scientific, cultural, and religious revolution that hanged the course of Western history forever." |
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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 [image] |
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| 5. Jean-Jacques Rousseau "Rousseau gave humanity the benefit of the doubt and firmly believed people aren't inherently evil." |
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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 [image] |
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| 6. John Locke "Firm believer in birth-appointed rights." |
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| Philosopher who thought people were basically reasonable and moral, and believed in natural rights [image] |
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| 7. Laissez Faire "Harbinger of business autonomy." |
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| Allows business to operate with little or no government interference [image] |
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| 8. Philosophy "As time went by, more and more philosophers spoke great truths into existence." |
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| the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics [image] |
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| 9. Plato "He who studied under Socrates and would later mentor Aristotle." |
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| ancient Athenian philosopher, most-famous student of Socrates, known for his ideal leaders "Philosopher-Kings" [image] |
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| 10. Social contract "Although unspoken and unseen, these quell social turmoil." |
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| The unwritten agreement between individuals and society in which individual rights are traded for overall order (decrease of chaos) [image] |
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| 11. Socrates "He who mentored Plato, who would later mentor Aristotle." |
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| ancient Athenian philosopher, the "Socratic Method" is named for his process of questioning to discover answers [image] |
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| 12. Thomas Hobbes "Firm believer in the absolute power of a monarch as a means of social order." |
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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) [image] |
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| 13. Voltaire "Firm believer in free speech." |
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| French writer who was the embodiment of 18th century Enlightenment, defender of free speech [image] |
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