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- 3. French philosopher and author, and a supporter of deism, and a tolerant approach to religion
- 5. One of the freedoms of expression influenced by the Enlightenment
- 8. an English philosopher and scientist, who introduced a social contract theory based on the relation between the absolute sovereign and the civil society.
- 9. in political theory, a collectively held will that aims at the common good or common interest.
- 11. one of the 18th century European monarchs who was inspired by Enlightenment ideas to rule justly and respect the rights of subjects
- 12. the right of a sovereign that holds that a monarch receives the right to rule directly from God and not from the people.
- 13. Swiss-French philosopher; valued the social contract
- 18. belief that truth could be discovered through reason or logical thinking
- 19. new way of thinking about the natural world
- 20. has absolute power
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- 1. A political idea, developed by John Locke and the Baron de Montesquieu, that power in government should be divided into separate branches
- 2. British writer who advocated for greater education opportunities for women and urged women to enter medicine and politics
- 4. English philosopher known for his political theories during the Enlightenment
- 6. a work by English and American political activist Thomas Paine, arguing for the philosophical position of deism
- 7. an original “scientific theorist” of the Enlightenment, who connected the newest scientific trends to radical philosophical ideas such as materialism.
- 10. He reformed the military and government, established religious tolerance and granted a basic form of freedom of the press
- 14. social gathering of intellectuals and artists
- 15. agreement where people define and limit individual rights, creating an organized society/government
- 16. What did Enlightenment thinkers call life, liberty, and property?
- 17. one of a group of social thinkers in France during the Enlightenment