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Adam Smith
Adam smith thought that unrestricted prices should regulate buisiness |
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Economist who thought free market should be allowed to regulate business
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Aristotle was the first
Aristotle was one of the greatest 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[image] |
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Baron de Montesquieu
Montesquieu was the creator of seperation of powers |
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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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The Enlightenment
The enlightment era helped people think diffrently |
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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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Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Jean-jacques rousseau advocated that people were good but get taken over by wealth |
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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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John Locke
John Lock advocated life,liberty,and property of possesions |
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| Philosopher who thought people were basically reasonable and moral, and believed in natural rights[image] |
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Laissez Faire
Laissez Fiare helped business run with no trouble |
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Allows business to operate with little or no government interference
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Philosophy
John locke was one of the most influencial philosophers
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| the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics[image] |
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Plato
Plato was a philospher who was part of the enlightenment era |
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ancient Athenian philosopher, most-famous student of Socrates, known for his ideal leaders "Philosopher-Kings"
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Social Contract
There is a social contract between us and the society
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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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Socrates
Socrates thought there is reason to everything |
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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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Thomas Hobbes
thomas hobbes thought that power was to the people |
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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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Voltaire
voltaire believed that everyone should express their rights |
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French writer who was the embodiment of 18th century Enlightenment, defender of free speech[image]
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