ENLIGHTMENT

VOLTAIRE

• He believed that people could have freedom of speech.
• Voltaire championed social, political, and religious tolerance.
• His ideas are still in use till this day.

JOHN LOCKE

• Believed in the state of nature and he also believed that all men were equal in the state of nature.
• Argued that the mind of a baby was “tabula rasa,” a blank slate.
• His ideas are still in use today.

JEAN JACQUES ROSSEAU

• Believed in forming a society people entered into social compact with eachoher.
• Philosophized on the nature of society and government.
• Jean's ideas are not used today.

BARON DE MONTESQUIEU

• Believed in The Spirit of the Laws-a study of different governments in Europe.
• His contribution was the separation of powers (3 branches of government).
• Baron's ideas are not used till this day.

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