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#1 Adam Smith
Adam Smith is known for economist and philosopher. |
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Economist who thought free market should be allowed to regulate business
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#2 Aristotle
Aristotle one of the greates philosophers. |
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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
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#3 Baron de Montesquieu
Baron de Montesquieu died in 1716.
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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
Without the the enlightenment we would't be who we are right now. |
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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 was one of the most influential thinkers during the Enlightenment in eighteenth century Europe. |
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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 was a English philosopher and physician, |
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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
Most civilized governments have a laissez-faire approach to religion and allow people to worship as they please.
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Allows business to operate with little or no government interference
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#8 Philosophy
And such had European life, politics, Freemasonry, philosophy, and philanthropy seemed to him.
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the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics
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#9 Plato
Plato is a famous philosopher. |
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ancient Athenian philosopher, most-famous student of Socrates, known for his ideal leaders "Philosopher-Kings"
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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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ancient Athenian philosopher, the "Socratic Method" is named for his process of questioning to discover answers
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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 a french writer. |
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French writer who was the embodiment of 18th century Enlightenment, defender of free speech
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