ENLIGHTENMENT

VOLTAIRE

• Didn't support the social order of medieval times
• Supported tolerance of religion, politics, and social
• His ideas are still used today

JOHN LOCKE

• Disagreed with divine rights
• Believed that all men were created equal
• Said all people started off with tabula rasa
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• His ideas are still used today

JEAN JACQUES ROSSEAU

• Believed in having social contracts in the government
• Philosophized with the nature of the government
• His ideas are still used today

BARON DE MONTESQIEU

• Wrote "The Spirit of the Law"
• Used the idea of separation of powers
• His ideas are still used today

CITATION

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montesquieu
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Jacques_Rousseau
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Locke
• http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Voltaire