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9 Cards in this Set
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Thomas Hobbes
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Believed in the "social contract" which meant the people give up some freedoms for protection and peace.
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John Locke
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Believed that people were naturaly happy, tolerant, and reasonable. He says that all people are equal.
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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Believed that people were born good, but corrupted by society. "Man is born free, but everywhere in chains"
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Baron de Montesquieu
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Believed in splitting up the power between branches of government. Basically sharing the power.
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Voltaire
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His idea was that in justice. He attacked injustice wherever he saw it. Even if it was in the government or church.
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Diderot
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Creator of the encyclopedia. All the new ideas of government and religion combined into one book. He helped spread enlightment ideas all around.
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Mary Wollstonecraft
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Believed in equal rights for women and wanted more education and experience for women.
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Adam Smith
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Believed that the economy would be better if the market forces of supply and demand were allowed to work freely.
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Enlightment
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Age of reason
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