Enlightenment Thinkers
This thinker believed that the Earth orbited the sun
Who is Galileo?
This word means placing value on human potential, reason, and kindness
What is humanism?
Born as François-Marie Arouet, this Enlightenment thinker was an author who used satire to criticize the French Monarchy and the Catholic Church.
Who is Voltaire?
This is an agreement between people and their government, agreed upon by those governed
What is a social contract?
An Enlightenment philosopher who believed that humans were born good, but corrupted by the social aspect of the world, and author of The Social Contract
Who is Jean-Jacques Rousseau?
Something that all people are born with, according to one Enlightenment thinker
What are Natural Rights?
Credited as the first champion of women's rights, this Enlightenment thinker was inspired by the ideas of Voltaire and Rousseau and championed for similar rights to be extended to women
Who is Mary Wollstonecraft?
This is a form of writing that uses humor, irony, and/or sarcasm to examine current people in positions of power of situations
What is sarcasm?
Author of The Wealth of Nations, this Enlightenment thinker proposed the idea of a free market
Who is Adam Smith?
This Enlightenment idea describes a market system where people are free to make their own choices about what they buy and sell
What is a free market?