Characters Flashcards
Bismark
- blood and iron
Burke
- great chain of being
- individual rights and limited government
Carlyle
- great man theory ( those in power deserve it bc of characteristics they have at birth)
- one strong authority
Chamberlain
-wanted to avoid ww2 so he appeased Hitler
Churchill
- criticism for chamberlain bc of his appeasing
Clemencequ
- revenge on Germany for ww1
- represents France at treaty of Versailles
Einstein
- measles of mankind is nationalism
- anti-nationalism
Gentille
- serving the state is the purpose of life
Hitler
- fascist
- German supremacy
Hobbes
Mankind is bad by nature
Lenin
- working class needs to have violent revolutions
- centrally planned government with one man in power
- war communism
- NEP
Locke
Humans are good by nature
Louis the 14
- “I am the state”
- absolute power
Marx
“ from each according to his ability to each according to his need”
- history driven by class struggle
Montesquieu
Multi power government
Paine
Right of man
- overthrow monarchy for democracy
Plato
Philosophers king - combine philosophical knowledge with power to rule
Rousseau
Social contract
General will
Democracy
Schopenhauer
Submit to supreme will
Human will causes suffering thats why you submit
Smith
Wealth of nations
Capitalism
Economy driven by self interest
Sorel
Need authority to mobilize the masses toward a social change
Stalin
5 year plans
Modernize Germany
“ we are 10 to 15 years behind the other major powers of the world we need to industrialize or be crushed”
Voltaire
Rationalist
Critiques religion and advocates for deism
Wilson
League of Nations
Self determination for nations
