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7 Cards in this Set
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Leviathan
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Thomas Hobbes, 1651: elaborates on the nature of man and justifies absolutist rule. He argues that human nature is inherently bad and that humans will remain in a constant a state of war, vying for power and material resources, unless awed by a single great power
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An Essay on Man
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Alexander Pope, 1733-34: addresses man's ability to reason, questions the nature of Christianity, and speculates about man's place in the world
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Man a Machine
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Julien Offray de la Mattrie, 1747: man is a 'thinking machine,' all human faculties, including the soul, can be explained by the organization of matter. The soul is materially dependant on the body
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Discourse on Inequality
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Jean-Jacques Rouseau, 1755: inequality is natural only when it relates to physical differences between men. In modern societies, however, inequality derives from a process of human evolution that has corrupted man's nature and subjected him to laws and property, both of which support a new, unjustifiable kind of inequality, termed moral inequality
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Colour of the Inhabitants
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Denis Diderot, 1780: Uses physical features of Africans to justify their enslavement by claiming that they are not human
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Wretched Condition of the Slaves in America
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Denis Diderot, 1780: cruelty towards slaves in America is wrong. The problem should be dealt with, but only when a majority is on board to deal with it
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Sketch of a Historical Picture of the Human Mind
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Marquis de Condercet, 1795: continual progress of mankind toward perfection, advocate of economic freedom, religious toleration and educational reform
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