ENLIGHTENED THINKERS

#5: DIDEROT

• Helped write the encyclopedia
• #5 because we still use the dictionary
• Which means he created one of the most important books

#4:

• His philosophy was that people were naturally cruel, greedy, and selfish
• Wrote the leviathan
• #4 because it led to the form of government called Absolute monarchy

#3: JOHN LOCKE

• Believed all people had naturall rights
• Wrote the Two Treatises of Government
• #3 because his ideas were used the declaration of independance

#2: ROSSEAU

• Believed in natual innocence
• Also believed it gets corrupted
• Wrote the Social Contract
• #2 because we use his ideas in our everyday life

#1: MONTESQUIEU

• Talked about flaws in government
• Created 3 branches of government
• Wrote Spirit of Laws
• #1 because our government is basicslly his idea