An intellectual movement in the 18 th century that stressed the power of individuals to solve problems He proposed that all people are born free and equal with three natural rights life liberty and property ID: 628530
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Enlightenment
Age of Reason Slide2
An intellectual movement in the 18
th
century that stressed the power of individuals to solve problemsSlide3
He proposed that all people are born free and equal, with three natural rights: life, liberty, and property.
He believed that the natural rights of humans are best protected in representative governments. He wrote that the power of government should be limited by the will of the people.Slide4
John LockeSlide5
A French Philosopher (1694-1778) and satirist who fought
separation of church and stateSlide6
VoltaireSlide7
A French writer who studied political liberty and developed the idea of separation of powers
within government in order to prevent absolute monarchs like Louis XVI from seizing control of an entire nation of people
. Believed in checks and balancesSlide8
MontesquieuSlide9
A French essayist who
believed that government was a contract between the people and the state.
He wrote the
Social ContractSlide10
RousseauSlide11
Believed that people were naturally wicked and that an absolute monarchy is best to control people. Wrote the Leviathan (sea monster)Slide12
Hobbes