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Rousseau
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He wrote "The Social Contract," supporting the idea of government by the people.
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philosophes
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French for "philosopher," these men spread the ideas of the Enlightenment.
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Encyclopedie
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This was a comprehensive encyclopedia of science, technology, and history that was banned by the Catholic church.
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Voltaire
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He was a French author and Deist known for suppoting the right to free speech.
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enlightened despots
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The term for monarchs who incorporated Enlightenment ideas into their rule.
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Kant
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He believed that the physical world should be evaluated with reason but that metaphysics (spirtiual issues) must be understood through faith and intuition.
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salons
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Exchanges of intellectual thought held in wealthy homes in France.
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Baron de Montesquieu
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He stressed the idea of separation of power (equally divided between legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government)
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Romanticism
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An artistic movement that replaced classicism, celebrating emotion and individuality.
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