Enlightenment Age Critics Flashcards
Leviathan’s full form
Leviathan: Or the Matter, Forme and Power of a Commonwealth, Ecclesiasticall and Civil
enlightenment age critics
dryden, pope, johnson
hobbes, locke, adam smith, gibbon, burke
Leviathan published in
1651
Hobbes’ social contract
Hobbes wrote that civil war and the brute situation of a state of nature (“the war of all against all”) could only be avoided by strong, undivided government.
Parts of leviathan
of man
of commonwealth
of christian commonwealth
of kingdom of darkness
who wrote An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding.
John Locke, It first appeared in 1689 (although dated 1690) with the printed title An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding.
Edmund Burke was a
conservative
burke wrote
reflections on the revolution in France 1790
Edward Gibbon wrote
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: 1776–1788
Adam Smith was a key figure in
Scottish Enlightenment
Who gave the theory of absolute advantage
Adam Smith
Adam Smith wrote two books
The Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759) and An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations (1776)