Greek Philosophers
a series of questions to a student or passing citizen and challenge them to examine the implications of their answers
What is the Socratic Method?
French Philosophers
Who is John Locke?
This document established ten sets of rights for United States citizens
What is the Bill of Rights?
Absolute rule of kings and social controls for society
What is Leviathan?
Who is Socrates?
A split in the powers of government
What is the branches of government?
People are naturally cruel and cannot be trusted
Who is Thomas Hobbes?
This document formed the United States government, creating a system of three branches
What is the US Constitution?
Rene Descartes laid down the foundation for this system of mathematics
What is calculus?
Who is Plato?
Every person has a say in government
What is direct democracy?
Separation of Powers
Who is Baron de Montesquieu?
What is the Declaration of Independence?
What is Two Treatises of Government?
Aristotle's school that rivaled Plato's
What is the Lyceum?
The idea that human beings have an inherent set of human rights
What is natural law?
People are free when they are in nature and away from society
Who is Jean-Jacques Rousseau?
Established in 1215, it limited the powers of a king
What is the Magna Carta?
Denis Diderot's major contribution to knowledge in the world
What is the Encyclopédie?
The first European universities based their classes on this philosophers teachings
A government that is run by representatives of the people
What is a republic?
"I disagree with what you say, but will defend to the death your right to say it."
Who is Voltaire?
This document made England a limited monarchy
Immanuel Kant's book on Metaphysics
What is the Metaphysics of Morals?