Enlightenment Philosophers

Voltaire

• The most famous of the philosophers
• Said a man should not be persecuted
• All people should be treated as equals
• All people should have freedom of speech and press.

John Locke

• Disagreed with divine rights.
• Man is not born evil or good.
• Unfair rulers may be forced away from power.
• All men are free and equal at birth.

Jean Jacques Rosseau

• Compared man during the Stone Age
• The rich should not enjoy special privileges

Baron de Montesquieu

Resources

• Mrs. Knopf's Power point.
• Enlightenment Packet