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| 1.) Adam Smith Adam Smith was an economist and philosopher. |
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| Economist who thought free market should be allowed to regulate business [image] |
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| 2.) Aristotle Aristotle was a great Athenian Philosopher. |
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| one of the greatest of the ancient Athenian philosophers, his writings were the first to create a comprehensive system of Western philosophy [image] |
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| 3.) Baron de Montesquieu Baron de Montesquieu created the idea of the separation of powers. |
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| French political philosopher who advocated the separation of executive and legislative and judicial powers (1689-1755) [image] |
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| 4.) The Enlighenment The Enlightenment helped humanity advance further in society, politics, and science. |
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| a movement in the 18th century that advocated the use of reason in the reappraisal of accepted ideas and social institutions [image] |
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| 5.) Jean-Jacques Rousseau Jean-Jacques Rousseau was a man who believed that men were born good. |
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| Believed people in the natural state were basically good, but that they were corrupted by the evils of society, especially due to the unequal distribution of wealth [image] |
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| 6.) John Locke John Locke was a philosopher who believed in natural rights. |
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| Philosopher who thought people were basically reasonable and moral, and believed in natural rights [image] |
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| 7.) Laissez Faire The business held a Laissez Faire to keep the government from interfering |
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| Allows business to operate with little or no government interference [image] |
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| 8.) Philosophy Philosophy placed a prominent role in the Enlightenment. |
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| the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics [image] |
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| 9.) Plato Plato helped carry on Socrate's legacy. |
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| ancient Athenian philosopher, most-famous student of Socrates, known for his ideal leaders "Philosopher-Kings" [image] |
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| 10.) Social Contract The people had a social contract to reduce the chaos in the city. |
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| The unwritten agreement between individuals and society in which individual rights are traded for overall order (decrease of chaos) [image] |
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| 11.) Socrates Socrates was executed for his beliefs in ancient Rome. |
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| ancient Athenian philosopher, the "Socratic Method" is named for his process of questioning to discover answers [image] |
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| 12.) Thomas Hobbes Thomas Hobbes believed humans were selfish. |
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| English materialist and political philosopher who advocated absolute sovereignty as the only kind of government that could resolve problems caused by the selfishness of human beings (1588-1679) [image] |
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| 13.) Voltaire Voltaire believed that everyone should have the right to freedom of speech. |
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| French writer who was the embodiment of 18th century Enlightenment, defender of free speech [image] |
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