The Enlightenment Flashcards
In his novel, Emile-Jean Jacque Rousseau argued that
children are by nature good and are equal in their capacity to learn
Deism, the religion of the Enlightenment, expressed the belief that
God created the universe but no longer took any active interest in it
The life and career of Cesare Beccaria was dedicated to the idea that
the only legitimate rationale for punishment was to maintain the social order
The Enlightenment battle cry of “Ecrease Infame best represents the idea of
Voltaire
The invisible hand of Adam Smith could best guide economic activity because
all humans are rational and are the best judges of their own interests
The philosophers of the Enlightenment particularly admired England because of
It’s constitutional monarchy and policy of religious freedom
According to Jean-Jacque Rousseau freedom meant
equal citizens obeying the laws they had made themselves
For the philosophers, an important implication of John Locke’s tabula rasa was
that environment determines all social programs
In her Vindication of the Rights of Women Mary Wollstonecraft argued that
all men and women have a common humanity
In The Spirit of the Laws, Baron de Montesquieu argued
in favor of the separation and balancing of the powers of governments
John Locke is best known today as a political philosopher but in the 18th century he was known for his studies of
human knowledge
A philosophe may be defined as an individual who was a
free thinker
Clearly following voyages of discovery, many Enlightenment thinkers such as Diderot believed that the Tahitians best represented humanity
in it’s natural state
Although not well understood during the 28th century, Jean Jacque Rousseau’s book ______ would become very influential during the French Revolution later in the same century
The Social Contract
