Enlightenment
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12 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Hobbes | Left in a state of nature, people are chaotic. To escape, they should enter into a contract to escape freedom w/peace and order. |
| Hobbes Book | Le Vietnon |
| Locke | Felt ruler stayed in power only as long as he had consent. |
| Locke Book | Two Treatises on Government |
| Montesquieu | Believed power should be equally divided among branches of government. Powerfully influenced constitutions. |
| Montesquieu Book | Spirit of Laws |
| Voltaire | Spend 2 times in Bastille because of his satirical works that mocked the church and royal court of France. |
| Voltaire Book | Wrote satirical essays, poetry, plays etc. |
| Rousseau | Believed human nature was good and society corrupted. Believed all people were equal, and giving up freedom for decisions of majority |
| Rousseau Book | Social Contract |
| Salon | Place for women to discuss politics |
| Philisophes | Intellectuals in the Enlightenment |
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