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22 Cards in this Set
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Believed in nature, people were cruel, greedy and selfish
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Thomas Hobbes
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they would give up their freedom in return for the safety and order of an organized society
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Thomas Hobbes
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believed that a powerful gov like an absolute monarchy was best for society
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Thomas Hobbes
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Most famous work Leviathan
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Thomas Hobbes
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Life without laws and controls would be “solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short”
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Thomas Hobbes
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“Curiosity is the lust of the mind”
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Thomas Hobbes
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“Not believing in force is the same as not believing in gravitation”
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Thomas Hobbes
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Believed in natural law and natural rights
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John Locke
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At birth the mind is a tabula rasa, a blank slate.
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John Locke
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Most famous work are the Two Treatises on Government
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John Locke
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Rulers/govs have an obligation a responsibility to protect the natural rights of the people it governs
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John Locke
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influenced Thomas Jefferson when Jefferson wrote the US Declaration of independence in 1776
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John Locke
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“No man’s knowledge here can go beyond his experience”
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John Locke
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People are basically good but become corrupted by society
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Rousseau
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Most famous work was The Social Contract
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Rousseau
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questioned authority—absolute monarchy and religion
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Rousseau
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“Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains”
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Rousseau
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Separation of Powers
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Montesquieu
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Checks and Balances
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Montesquieu
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Wrote The Persian Letters and The Spirit of the Laws
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Montesquieu
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‘separation of powers’ and ‘checks and balances’ greatly influenced James Madison and the other framers of the US Constitution. These ideas are the core of American gov to this day
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Montesquieu
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“Useless laws weaken the necessary laws”
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Montesquieu
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