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Jean-Jacques Rousseau(1712-1778) Who published The Social Contract
Denis Diderot (1713-1784) Edited The Encyclopedia, the greatest achievement of the age. It was originally called Systematic Dictionary Of the Sciences, Arts, and Crafts.
Adam Smith(1723-1790) Awesome Scottish economist who was a founding father of Capitalism
Casare Beccaria(1738-1794) Who was an italian legal reformer
Immanuel Kant(1724-1804) Who was a German philosopher
Voltaire(1694-1778) Who was kicked out of France and moved to England where he realized how crappy the French political system was. He wanted it to be more like G.B.
David Hume(1711-1776) Stated that nether matter nor mind could be proved to exist with any certainty. Pretty much, he was a huge skeptic who probably was a skeptic to skepticism
Baron Montesquieu(1689-1755)Wrote a book about Parisian morals and french society. He explored how liberty could be achieved and depotism avoided.
Then there were the French Physiocrats who were French thinkers who said that land was wealth and thus argued that agricultural activity, especially improved means of farming and livestock breading should take first priority in state reforms. They created the term Laissez faire, laissez passer- "Let it be, let it go."
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What group wanted people to choose their own systems of government?
Enlightenment thinkers
Who were the three french enlightenment thinkers and one English enlightenment thinker who influeneced your founding fathers?
who were the three french enlightenment thinkers and one english enlightenment thinker who influeneced our founding fathers?
Which democratic ideas were expressed by Enlightenment thinkers?
Enlightenment thinkers believed that power needed to be separated and balanced to keep people from becoming corrupt.
Who said a government should be chosen by its citizens?
Enlightenment thinkersElightement Thinkers Enlightenment thinkers said that a government should be chosen by its citizens. This is a person's opinion.
Who said government should be chosen by its citizen?
Enlightenment thinkersElightement Thinkers Enlightenment thinkers said that a government should be chosen by its citizens. This is a person's opinion.
The intellects or thinkers of the enlightenment were generally called?
philosophers
What did the Founders use to develop the US Constitution?
Ideas from the Enlightenment thinkers ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Where did most of the ideas of the Declaration of Independence come from?
Enlightenment thinkers
Both the abolition movement and the women's rights movement were positively infuenced by the ideals promoted by which of the following groups?
enlightenment thinkers
What group wanted people to choose their own systems of government?
Enlightenment thinkers
What are enlightenment thinkers?
the Enlightenment were a group of thinkers who consciously sought human advancement through logic, reason and criticism.
How was classicial greece and rome inpired by enlightenment thinkers?
they was inspired by enlightenment thinkers because of ancient greeace and the rome
Enlightenment thinkers are?
the Enlightenment were a group of thinkers who consciously sought human advancement through logic, reason and criticism.
Why were Enlightenment thinkers called secularists?
Secularists are people who want to create a separation of church and state. Most Enlightenment thinkers want this because when there is a separation between the church and state, human rights are generally more plentiful and scientific inquiry is generally more permissive. Those goals were what Enlightenment thinkers decided.
What were the enlightenment thinkers?
I am not completely sure what you mean when you say "What were the enlightenment thinkers?", but here's a quick, little summary about what the Enlightenment thinkers studied. The Enlightenment thinkers studied (ideas) about/of human nature, and had studied some of the best forms of government as well.I really hope this helped you out a little bit!Bye.
What was a major belief in enlightenment thinkers?
indentify the goals belefs and lasting influence of major political and social thinkers of the enlightenment
Which events were influenced by enlightenment thinkers?
Enlightenment thinkers influenced the colonists uprising prior to the American Revolution. The thinkers did not accept British rule just because they had always ruled. The thinkers challenged the authority.
