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Define Enlightenment
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Philosophers began to view reason as the best way to understand the truth.
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Thomas Hobbes
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Wrote The Leviathan
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John Locke
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Believed all people were born equal.
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Jean Jacques Rousseau
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Believed people were born good.
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Baron de Montesquieu
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Believed the best form of government included separating powers.
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Voltaire
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He attacked injustice wherever he saw it.
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Diderot
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Created the encyclopedia.
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Mary Wollstonecraft
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Demanded equal rights for women.
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Adam Smith
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Used reason to analyze economic systems.
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Key enlightenment ideas
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•The ability to reason makes humans unique
•Reason can be used to solve problems and improve peoples lives •Reason can free people from ignorance, superstition, and unfair government •The natural world is governed by laws that can be discovered through reason •Like the natural world, human nature is governed by natural laws •Governments should reflect natural laws and encourage education and debate |
