enlightenment philosophers were inspired by the scientific revolution. e. napp
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Enlightenment philosophers were inspired by the Scientific
Revolution.
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They wanted to improve society. So, they questioned everything.
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What was the best form of government? What was the best way to end poverty? What? How? Why?
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Thomas Hobbes was an English political
philosopher. He believed that only a
strong monarch could maintain law and order.
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Hobbes defended royal absolutism.
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But Hobbes did not believe the king’s power came from God. He believed it came from the people. He challenged the divine right of kings.
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John Locke believed that human nature is governed by natural laws. In order to obey natural laws, all humans must exercise natural rights – the rights to life, liberty, and property.
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Locke argued that the function of government was to protect these rights.
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If a government did not do this, the citizens then had the natural right to change it for one that would.
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Montesquieu believed that the best way to prevent despotism (the exercise of unlimited power) was to divide political power.
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He suggested that all governments should provide for the separation of powers among the executive, legislative, and judicial parts.
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Rousseau believed in a Social Contract. He believed that the members of society would make a contract to give up some of their freedom in order to serve the common interests of all the people in the society.
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The general will would determine the common interest.
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Voltaire wrote against religious intolerance and criticized governments that persecuted people for following their own faith.
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Enlightenment ideas clearly influenced the American Revolution.
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The ideas of the Enlightenment changed world history.
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