Enlightenment Flashcards
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Montesquieu key ideas
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Defended nobility and privilege - questioned structure of political authority.
Separation of powers in a state.
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Voltaire key ideas
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Civil rights & right to fair trial.
Defended the right of free speech.
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Rousseau key ideas
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Governments should protect liberty ensure equality - decisions should be made on general will of society.
People had a right to overthrow government that failed to act correctly.
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Diderot key ideas
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Rejected religion - saw church as a bar to progress.
