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1. Adam Smith
A economist who helped people get the right to jobs |
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Economist who thought free market should be allowed to regulate business
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2. Aristotle
He was a really amazing philosopher that creating a understanding system |
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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
A french philosopher that designed a way to divide the government so that not one group of people abuse power |
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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
The Enlightenment was the biggest helpful change |
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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
This man saw the good in people |
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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
He thought people were concered about the rights they were getting |
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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
Letting things flow without interfering with it |
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Allows business to operate with little or no government interference
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8. Philosophy
The man is studying life |
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the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics
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9. Plato
The well known philosophers |
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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
The philosophers agreed to protect the people |
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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
He made up a name called "Socrates Methos" to tell people so they can discover the answer |
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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
An english philosopher who abused his power |
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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
A french writter who sopke up for people |
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French writer who was the embodiment of 18th century Enlightenment, defender of free speech
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