MVAP Euro Enlightenment Philosophes

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Voltaire
Known for advancement of religious tolerance, reason, and freedom of speech.
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Montesquieu
Believed that the separation of powers would keep a society in balance. Invented checks and balances
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Rousseau
He wrote Emile and proposed ideas on education, and the place of women in society.
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Wollstonecraft
Argued that women, like men, need education to become virtuous and useful. She urged women to enter male dominated fields of medicine and politics.
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Locke
Supported self-government and argued that the purpose of government is to protect the natural rights of people. If government fails to protect these natural rights, the citizens will have the right to overthrow it.
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Hobbes
Believed that all humans are naturally selfish and wicked. He argued that strong governments are necessary to control human behaviour.
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social contract
The willingness of people to hand over their rights to a ruler in exchange for law and order in society was called the _________
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Salons
gatherings in which intellectual and political ideas were exchanged during the Enlightenment
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Diderot
Pioneered the Encyclopedia
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Vindication of the Rights of Women
Work by Mary Wollstonecraft
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DiesmNatural Religion, the idea that god created a rational universe based on natural law and does not intervene.The Spirit of the LawsWritten by Montesquieu, this document outlined the concept of separation of powersAdam SmithScottish economist who wrote the Wealth of Nations a precursor to modern Capitalism.Laissez-FaireIdea that government should play as small a role as possible in economic affairs.SkepticismA philosophy which suggests that nothing can ever be known for certain.John WesleyEnglish clergyman and founder of Methodism (1703-1791)PietismThis was a movement within Lutheranism that revived Protestantism that called for an emotional relationship, allowed for the priesthood of all believers, and the Christian rebirth in everyday affairsNeoclassicismthe revival of a classical style or treatment in art, literature, architecture, or music.Johann Sebastian BachBaroque composer

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