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I&S Thinkers
| Thinker | Thoughts |
|---|---|
| John Locke | Natural rights to life, liberty, property, social contract (people choose government slightly less freedom for structure and safety and rights if gov sucks they are fired), right to revolution. |
| Montesquieu | Separation of powers (gov is separated into three main groups so that not one person (s) can have complete power over a nation, checks and balances (same thing as separation of powers), opposition to absolute monarchy. |
| Jean-Jacques Rousseau | General will (everyone factoring in to help for a common goo dinstead of being selfish. helping your community instead of just yourself.) , direct democracy, critique of private property. |
| Mary Wollstonecraft | Women's rights, gender equality in education. |
| Olympe de Gouges | Women’s political rights, equality under law. |
| Joseph de Maistre | Defense of monarchy, order over liberty. exact opposite of modern democracy, likes monarchy, wants strict rules and order |
| Galileo Galilei | Scientific method, heliocentrism, reason over faith (But still religious). simple: believed in science instead of the church which is odd for his era. |