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Ch.17.HistoryVocSec1
Ch. 17. History Voc.
Term | Definition |
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Natural Law | Rules discoverable by reason. |
Thomas Hobbes | 17th century English thinker, set ideas for Enlightenment. |
John Locke | 17th century English thinker, set ideas for Enlightenment. |
Social Contract | An agreement by which they gave up their freedom for an organized society. |
Natural Rights | Rights that belonged to all humans from birth. |
Philosophes | Enlightenment thinkers. |
Montesquieu | Early and influential thinker. |
Voltaire | Probably the most famous philosophe was Francois-Marie Arouet, who took the name Voltaire. |
Diderot | Worked for years to produce a 28 volume set of books called the Encyclopedia. |
Rousseau | Believed that people in their natural state wee basically good. |
Laissez-Faire | Allowed businesses to operate with little or no government interference. |