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24 Cards in this Set
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thought people were cruel, greedy, and selfish
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Hobbes
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people would have to give up their freedom in return for safety and order of an organized society
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Hobbes
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a powerful government was best for society - like a monarchy
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Hobbes
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What is Hobbes most famous work
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Leviathan
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life without laws and controls would be "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short"
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Hobbes
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"Curiosity is the lust of the mind"
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Hobbes
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believed in natural laws and natural rights
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Locke
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at birth, the mind is a blank tablet
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Locke
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Locke's most famous work
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Two Treatises on Government
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government has an obligation to protect the natural rights of the people it governs
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Locke
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who's ideas influenced Thomas Jefferson
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Locke
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"No man's knowledge here can go beyond his experience"
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Locke
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people are basically good but become corrupted by society
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Rousseau
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Rousseau's most famous work
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The Social Contract
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who questioned authority
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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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believed in separation of powers
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Montesquieu
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dividing the power of government into three branches
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separation of powers
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who believed in checks and balances
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Montesquieu
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each branch of government should check the power of the other two branches
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checks and balances
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Montesquieu's most famous work
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The Persian Letters; The Spirit of the Laws
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who greatly influenced James Madison
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Montesquieu
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Montesquieu's { } and { } influenced James Madison
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separation of powers, checks and balances
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"useless laws weaken the necessary laws"
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Montesquieu
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