Enlightenment thinkers

Question 1

Thomas Hobbes theory was…

Answer 1

that an absolute monarch was essential in society

Question 2

Theory to thinker:
- society needed a powerful leader to make people do what was right.

• people should give up their freedom to their leader in exchange for order and protection against enemies.

Answer 2

Thomas Hobbes

Question 3

John Lockes theory was….

Answer 3

the relationship between government and the governed was that the government was purely there to protect the rights of its people.

Question 4

Theory to thinker:
- people are born with natural rights (to life, liberty, and property.

• Government exists purely to protect those rights and their people.

Answer 4

John Locke

Question 5

Voltaires theory was….

Answer 5

religious toleration. He believed social progress could be achieved through reason and not that of political or religious reasonings.

Question 6

theory to thinker:
- He believed social progress could be achieved through reason and not that of political or religious reasonings.

• the importance of religious tolerance

Answer 6

Voltaire

Question 7

Montesquieu theory was….

Answer 7

the separation of the government was needed and wanted.