Who’s That Philosophe?
1. Wrote Leviathan
2. “People are born free and everywhere they are in
chains”
3. Man is governed by natural laws ethics and
morality
4. Wrote The Social Contract
5. From his ideas, people understood how they were being led - manipulated
6. People should revolt and overthrow the gov’t if not protecting people’s rights
7. Wrote The Prince
8. Wrote Two Treatises on Government
9. Wrote Politics
10. People are born with 3 natural rights: Life, Liberty,
Property
11. Better to be feared than loved
12. Agreed with Locke
13. Government restricts people’s rights
14. A strong government = Monarchy
15. COMMUNITY is most important
MachiavelliHobbesLocke
RousseauAristotle
Who’s That Philosophe?
1. Wrote A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
2. Representative government
3. People should have freedom of expression and
religion
4. Wrote Discourse on the Method
5. Government must have checks and balances
6. Separation of powers – power should be a check to
power
7. Wrote Candide
8. Ideas led to the 19th amendment (women’s right)
9. “I do not agree with what you say, but I will defend to
the death your right to say it.
10. Equal rights for women’s education
11. Separation of church and state
12. Wrote U.S. Constitution
13. Government and society should be based on logical
ideas
14. Wrote On the Spirit of Laws
15. “I think therefore I am”
MontesquieuWollstonecraft
VoltaireMadison
Descartes