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#1 Adam Smith
Adam smith was an economist. |
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| Economist who thought free market should be allowed to regulate business [image] |
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#2 Aristotle
Aristotle looked at the natural world and human belife, used thouht and knowledge. |
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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
Baron de Montesquie 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) [image] |
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#4 The Enlightenment
The enlightenment use of reason and scientific method. |
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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
Jean-Jacques Rousseau belived that man is noble and savage. |
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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
John Locke belived that governments power comes from the consent of the people not from god. |
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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
It is hard to run a bussiness under laissez faire. |
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| Allows business to operate with little or no government interference [image] |
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#8 Philosophy
All philosophy thinkers influenced the governemnt that stands today. |
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| the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics [image] |
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#9 Plato
Plato belived that a version of perfectly governed society is governed by philosophers and kings. |
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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
Thomas Habbes belives in the 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) [image] |
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#11 Socrates
Socrates encouraged his students to examine their belifes and used questions and answer approach. |
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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
Thomas Hobbes belived in governments power comes from the consent of the government, he also belived in the social contract. |
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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
Voltaire used satire to argue against his apponents. |
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| French writer who was the embodiment of 18th century Enlightenment, defender of free speech [image] |
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