Literary Works Flashcards
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Voltaire (1)
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The Letters on the English
- their advancement
- they’re the model
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John Locke
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An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
- tabula rasa, “reformers psychology”
- you aren’t born as a sinner
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Voltaire (2)
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Elements of the Philosophy of Newton
-popularized the ideas of Newton
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Voltaire (3)
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Candide
-critical of unwarranted optimism
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Diderot and d’Alembert
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Encyclopedia
- 17 volumes of text
- 11 volumes of pictures
- spread ideas of Enlightenment more than any other work
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Beccaria
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On Crimes and Punishments
- The punishment should fit the crime
- the judicial system should stop playing the role of God
- utilitarian
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Adam Smith
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The Wealth of Nations
- abolition of Mercantilism
- laissez-faire economics
- “unleash the beasts”
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Montesquieu
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The Spirit of the Laws
- England is the model
- Separation of powers
- Checks and balances
- influenced democracies of western civilization more than any other philosophe
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Rousseau (1)
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Discourse on the Origin Inequality
- Ultimate evil of mankind was the uneven distribution of property
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Rousseau (2)
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The Social Contract
- Community over individual
- Utilitarianism
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Buruk Spinosa
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Ethics
- God = everything
