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Enlightenment Philosophers

Published on Nov 19, 2015

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VOLTAIRE

  • Focused on social ,political, and religious tolerance.
  • Wrote plays, essays, poetry, philosophy, and books.
  • His ideas are still used today
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JOHN LOCKE

  • Believed in the state of nature.
  • He contributed the Treaties of Government
  • His ideas are still in use today.
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BARON de MONTESQUIEU

  • Believed that an absolute leader is undesirable.
  • He wrote the Spirit of the Laws
  • His ideas are still in use today.
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JEAN J. ROUSSAEU

  • He believed that democracy was a desirable form of government.
  • He wrote The Social Contract.
  • His ideas are still in use this age.
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THE ENLIGHTENMENT

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