Philosophers-Specific Flashcards
Who wrote “the republic”?
Plato
Who believed the government should be run by philosophers?
Plato
Who wrote “the politics”?
Aristotle
Who wrote “the prince”?
Machiavelli
“The end justifies the means”
Machiavelli
Began to separate thinking from religion
Thomas Hobbes
Who wrote “the leviathan”?
Thomas Hobbes
Who created the idea of the social contract?
Thomas Hobbes
Who wrote “Frankenstein”?
Mary Wallstonecraft’s daughter, Mary Shelley
Who wrote “two treatises on government”?
John Locke
Believed in a social contract that could be revoked
John Locke
Placed all power in legislature
John Locke
Made doctrine called “separation of powers”
Montesquieu
Created checks and balances system to ensure three branches of government stay equal
Montesquieu
Believed in a majority vote, direct democracy
Rousseau
