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14 Cards in this Set
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Thomas Hobbes (1588- 1679)
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Man is evil; Men are constantly in competition with each other
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John Locke (1632- 1704)
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Man is good; Man has the right to revolt
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Francis Bacon (1516- 1626)
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Nature exists mainly for human use and benefit; "Knowledge is power"
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Beccaria
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Criminal justice and the right to enforce laws; Rational self-interest makes human action predictable
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Descartes
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Sought the meaning of the natural world with a rational approach; "I think; therefore, I am"
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Rousseau
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By joining into the social contract and abandoning their claims of natural right, individuals can both preserve themselves and remain free; "Man was born free, but he is everywhere in chains."
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Kant
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Advocate of human rights; Knowledge<Understanding<Reason
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Hume
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Used empiricism to justify atheism
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Montesquieu
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The universe is made up of rules and laws that are immovable; "On the Spirit of Laws" outlined how governments would best work
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Diderot
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Valued education; wrote first Encyclopædia
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Von Goethe
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Heavily influenced German enlightenment movement; "Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do."
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Von Herder
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Believed in unity of human nature; people think in the vernacular- language determines though= nationalism
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Adam Smith
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Set foundations for modern economics and capitalism justfying it through use of human nature
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Voltaire
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Kept lively discourse with Fredrick II (Prussia); Belief in the existence of God is necessary for the function of society
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