THE ENLIGHTENMENT

THOMAS HOBBES

• Wrote the leviathan
• HIs philiosophy was people are naturally cruel, greedy and selfish
• His idea effected society because it led to the influence of absolute monarchy
• He made this idea in the 17th century
• He is english

JOHN LOCKE

• English philosopher
• Believed people had natural rights
• He made this idea in 1688
• He didn't believe in Absolute Monarchy
• Locke's idea were an influence to the declaration of independance

MONTESQUIEU

• French philosopher
• Had his idea in 1748
• Wrote The Spirit of Laws
• Talk about government through out history
• The three branches in our government came from his ideas

VOLTAIRE

• Most famous philosopher
• French
• 1700s
• Battled inequality, injustice, and superstition
• The things he thought were wrong we think are wrong

DIDEROT

• French philosopher
• Editor of the encyclopedia
• Edited it in 1751
• His purpose was to change the general thinking
• We still use the encyclopedia

ROUSSEAU

• French philosopher
• Believed in natural innocence
• He thought it was corrupted by society
• 1762 wrote The Social Contract
• His ideas affected the way we think of society

ADAM SMITH

• Scottish economist
• The Wealth of Nations
• Argued the free market should refulate activity
• Tried to show how certain things were linked to supply and demand
• Shaped economy in 1800s and 1900s