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A British philosopher, whose ideas on natural law was adopted to create the Declaration of Independence.
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John Locke
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After referred to as the "informal international community of philosophes." These publications included the work of such philosophes as Voltaire, Montesquieu, and Diderot.
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The Republic of Letters
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I wrote the "Spirit of Laws" in 1748 which applied the principles of observation, experimentation, and analysis.
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Montesquieu
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A popular belief in which they believed that God set the world in motion according to his laws of nature and left knowledge and progress to the action of man.
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Deism
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"Dare to know! Have the courage to use your own intelligence." This became the motto of the Enlightenment
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Immanuel Kant
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I based my beliefs on Locke's philosophy of natural law, to justify the colonies break with Britain.
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Thomas Jefferson
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I served as the principal editor of the 38 volume encyclopedia.
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Denis Diderot
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The belief that a community should unite to look for the good of the whole, which was adopted by the French National Assembly in 1789
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General Will
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In "On Crime and Punishment", I stated that we are innocent until convicted, that the punishment should fit the crime.
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Caesare Beccaria
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His graphic works portrayed the everyday life in London. His most famous sketch "Gin Lane" portrayed the effects of alcohol on the poor in 18c England.
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William Hogarth
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A brilliant composer of the 18c who composed "Fur Elise" and Moonlight Sonata"
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Beethoven
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Most prevalent in Paris, people came in these private homes for sociability and discussion run by upper-class women.
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Salons
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I wrote "Common Sense" in 1776, which was an appeal for American Independence based on Enlightenment principles
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Thomas Paine
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They believed that the primary role of government was to protect the property and to permit its owners to use it freely.
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Physiocrat
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I believed that economic liberty was the foundation of a natural economic system. I felt that the economy should be based on the forces of supply and demand.
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Adam Smith
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According to this philosophe, religious toleration was a primary social condition for the virtuous life.
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Voltaire
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This new artistic style of the 18c used elements drawn from nature such as birds and flowers to replace religious objects in art.
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rococo
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I based my writing on the belief that human nature, which was originally good was corrupted by society.
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Jean Jacques Rousseau
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This 18c ruler established the Charter of Nobility of 1785 which gave nobility security of their property, the right to hold serfs and the immunity from arrest.
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Catherine the Great
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In this writing, Rousseau imagined a social reform in which the individual surrenders his or her natural rights to the general will.
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The Social Contract
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