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1.Adam Smith
Adam Smith was a great philosopher during the enlightenment of scottland. |
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| was a Scottish economist, philosopher, and author. Also was a key figure during the Scottish Enlightenment era. [image] |
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2.Aristotle
Science like calculus known by Aristotle. |
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| Aristotle was a Greek philosopher and scientist.[image] |
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3.Baron de Montesquieu
Baron de Montesquieu known for the seperation of three 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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4.The Enlightenment
The enlightenment time in which the scientific revolution and a government based on the constituition was known. |
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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
What Jean-Jacques Rousseau states is accurate and debatable. |
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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
Everyone has natural right as John Locke says. |
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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 Laissez
Laissez Faire is not used in the United States. |
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| Allows business to operate with little or no government interference [image] |
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8.Philosophy
Doubt or a philysophical idea or knowing philosophy. |
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| the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics [image] |
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Plato
Plato a well known ancient philosopher. |
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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
A social contract in which the peace is kept. |
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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 know for his Socrates method and taught plato. |
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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 believed in a specific way of government. |
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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 was a social person in which in the enlightenment was a big presence. |
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| French writer who was the embodiment of 18th century Enlightenment, defender of free speech [image] |
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