Name that document- Pico della Mirandolla ardently states the unrestrained potential of mankind to govern their lives by way of free will, which was granted by God upon man’s creation.
Oration on the Dignity of Man
100
Name that document: Copernicus passionately defends his belief that the Earth moves around the sun, and condemned Ptolemaic mathematicians for their inconsistency and incompetence.
On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres
100
Name that doc:Adam Smith passionately declares that a strict organization of self- interest established within a free market is essential to economic prosperity.
Wealth of Nations
100
"Men are born and remain free and equal in rights. Social distinctions may be founded only upon the general good"
Declaration of the Rights of Man and citizen
100
Thomas Malthus states that food is necessary for us to exist, and the passion between man and woman is necessary and will continue in its present state.
Essay on the Principle of Population
200
Name that doc: Erasmus ridicules monks and their detailed restrictions on lifestyle
In Praise of Folly
200
Name that document: Descartes proceeds systematically from proposition to proposition, confidently concluding that there has to be a God from whom the idea of perfection comes.
Discourse on Method
200
Name that doc: Montesquieu painstakingly outlines the three types of government and confidently argues that no one system of government is the ideal for every country.
Spirit of the Laws, 1648
200
Name that doc: In 1789, the Abbe de Sieyes published this document arguing that the Third Estate should have a much greater role in governing the nation
What is the Third Estate?
200
These laws forcefully suppressed all institutions associated with liberalism by dissolving the student associations and establishing university inspectors and press censors
Carlsbad Decrees
300
Name that doc: Machiavelli states that it is better to be feared than to be loved as a ruler
The Prince
300
Name that doc: John Locke argues that experience alone shapes human character and we enter the world like a blank slate, or a tabula rasa.
Essay Concerning Human Understanding
300
Name that primary document: Beccaria savagely condemns the death penalty and unjust imprisonment on the basis that the purpose of laws is to secure the greatest amount of happiness for the greatest amount of people.
On Crimes and Punishments
300
Name that doc: In 1794, Robespierre gave this speech , arguing that the goal of the French revolution is to free France from the rule of tyrants.
Principles of Political Morality
300
David Ricardo argued that raising wages was an utterly pointless attempt to improve the life of the working class, because they will just have more children, causing wages to fall again.
Pierre-
The Principles of Political Economy
400
Who issued the Edict of Nantes?
Henry IV
400
Name that doc: Philippe Duplessis- Mornay insistently proclaims that as representatives of the community, magistrates are obligated to resist a tyrannical king who gives orders conflicting with God’s laws.
A defense of liberty against tyrants
400
Name that doc: Voltaire asks lots of why questions, challenging the most fundamental preconceived ideas of society.
Philosophical Dictionary
400
Name that doc: In 1791, Marat wrote this predicting that France will be oppressed under despotism because of the corruption of the Assembly.
Freedom is Lost
400
Who wrote "What is property?"
Pierre Joseph Proudhon
500
This document made Marin Luther an outlaw to both secular and ecclesiastical authority
Edict of Worms, 1521
500
Name that doc: James I emphatically insists that the king and his subjects have responsibilities to each other just like a father and son, and he denounces rebellions as unnatural and immensely wicked.
True Law of a Free Monarchy
500
Name that doc: John Locke argues that experience alone shapes human character and we enter the world like a blank slate, or a tabula rasa.
An Essay concerning human understanding
500
Name that doc: Hegel wrote this document explaining that all great men in history are inspired by the World- Spirit.
The Philosophy of History
500
Name that doc: Robert Owen passionately advocates the implementation of an education system for all people in order to diminish crime and improve society.