enlightenment thinkers
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ENLIGHTENMENT THINKERS
John locke• BOOK: «Two treatises of
Government»
• NATURAL RIGHTS: life, liberty, andproperty or belongings.
• SOCIAL CONTRACT exists betweenpeople and their government.
• «If a government does not governjustly, the people have the right tooverthrow that government»
Adam Smith
• Book: «Wealth of the nations»
• He developed the idea laissez-faire economics.
• He believed that in terms ofeconomy the governmentshould do nothing.
• The government shoul protectcitizens from invasions by anenemy but not from poverty
Thomas Hobbes
• Book: «Leviathan»
• He stated that the AbsoluteMonarchy was the best form ofgovernment.
• He thought humans werenaturally selfish and violent.
• Therefore, Humans needed toobey a government.
• The rule of a king must be strongand give people directions.
Voltaire
• He was a poet, novelist,playwright and a philosopher
• Government should toleratereligious ideas
• He claimed for:
• Justice for all
• Free speech
• End of Slave Trade
Montesquieu• Book: «The spirit of Laws»
• Three branches of government:
1. Executive: Enforce the laws
2. Legislative: Make the laws
3. Judicial: Interpret the laws andjudge when they were broken
• This ideas influenced theAmerican Independence Leaders
Dennis Diderot
• Book: Encyclopedia or«Classified Dictionary of theSciences, Arts and Trades»
• He found costumers amongthe French middle classincluding doctors, lawyers andteachers.
• It was translated into otherlanguages and spread theideas of the Enlightenment tothe Americas
John locke• BOOK: «Two treatises of
Government»
• NATURAL RIGHTS: life, liberty, andproperty or belongings.
• SOCIAL CONTRACT exists betweenpeople and their government.
• «If a government does not governjustly, the people have the right tooverthrow that government»
Adam Smith
• Book: «Wealth of the nations»
• He developed the idea laissez-faire economics.
• He believed that in terms ofeconomy the governmentshould do nothing.
• The government shoul protectcitizens from invasions by anenemy but not from poverty
Thomas Hobbes
• Book: «Leviathan»
• He stated that the AbsoluteMonarchy was the best form ofgovernment.
• He thought humans werenaturally selfish and violent.
• Therefore, Humans needed toobey a government.
• The rule of a king must be strongand give people directions.
Voltaire
• He was a poet, novelist,playwright and a philosopher
• Government should toleratereligious ideas
• He claimed for:
• Justice for all
• Free speech
• End of Slave Trade
Montesquieu• Book: «The spirit of Laws»
• Three branches of government:
1. Executive: Enforce the laws
2. Legislative: Make the laws
3. Judicial: Interpret the laws andjudge when they were broken
• This ideas influenced theAmerican Independence Leaders
Dennis Diderot
• Book: Encyclopedia or«Classified Dictionary of theSciences, Arts and Trades»
• He found costumers amongthe French middle classincluding doctors, lawyers andteachers.
• It was translated into otherlanguages and spread theideas of the Enlightenment tothe Americas