Module 12 Pt2 Flashcards
Believed that humans are naturally wicked and absolute monarchy is needed to keep order
Thomas Hobbes
Believed that people could learn from experience and improve themselves as reasonable beings who have the natural ability to govern
John Locke
The belief that truth could be discovered through logical thinking
Reason
An idea that laws that are natural are also good and reasonable
Nature
What you should seek on your time in earth
Happiness
The belief of society and humankind could improve
Progress
What the English one through glorious revolution and Bill of rights
Liberty
A writer who spent his life trying to fight prejudice and intolerance through his writing
Voltaire
He believed that government ran best when there was a separation of powers
Montesquieu
Believe that the only legitimate government was one that ruled with the consent of the people
Rousseau
Believe that laws existed to preserve social order not to avenge crimes
Beccaria
Argued that women need the same education as men to become virtuous and useful
Mary Wollstonecraft
The most influential salon hostess
Marie-Therese Geoffrin
He planned and created an encyclopedia
Diderot
Bach and Handel are the greatest composers of this music which is noted for its grand/ornate design
Baroque