Basics
What continent and country did the Enlightenment begin?
Europe and France
Thomas Hobbs view of human nature
Bad
Hobbs and Locke both lived through what historical event?
Scientist who discovered gravity and the three laws of motion
Sir Isaac Newton
3rd USA President, on $2 Bill and Mount Rushmore?
Thomas Jefferson
Enlightenment Thinkers believed in:
Reason & Science
Thomas Hobbs favored what type of government?
Strong Monarchy
Tabula Rasa?
Blank Slate
Why did Voltaire write under a pen name?
Protect himself
USA Philosopher, Inventor, on $100 Bill
Benjamin Franklin
What 2 groups of people had the largest influence on the Enlightenment?
Philosophers & Scientists
Hobbs wanted (L & O)
Law and Order
Locke wanted government to?
protect the natural rights of citizens
Montesquieu's Persian Letters mainly:
Criticized France
USA Constitution has what idea per Montesquieu?
Separation of powers
Enlightenment Philosophers wanted?
A better society
What book did Thomas Hobbs write?
Leviathan
Locke believed the government got its power from?
the people
Father of modern philosophy?
Rene Descartes
Social Contract?
Agreement between citizens and government rulers
How was the Enlightenment different from the Renaissance?
Science & Reason emphasized
After King James II left England who ruled?
William & Mary
Locke was radical because?
He believed governments could be overthrown
Latin phrase cogito, ergo sum, which translates to "I think, therefore I am". It's the idea that the act of thinking presupposes a thinking self, and therefore the act of thinking is the foundation of knowledge.
Who promoted this idea?
Rene Descartes
Reason?
Think clearly, and use logic