Eighteenth century philosophers By mosh48 Period: 1642 to 1651 Civil War 1649 EXECUTION OF CHARLES I Period: 1649 to 1660 Interregnum 1651 Leviathan, Hobbes Thomas Hobbes Period: 1660 to 1685 Charles II Period: 1685 to 1688 James II 1688 GLORIOUS REVOLUTION 1689 Essay Concerning Human Understanding, Locke John Locke Period: 1689 to 1702 William III and Mary II Period: 1702 to 1714 Anne 1711 Characteristics of Men, Manners ... Shaftsbury Anthony Ashley Cooper, Third Earl of Shaftesbury Period: 1714 to 1727 George I 1725 Beauty and Virtue, Hutcheson Francis Hutcheson Period: 1727 to 1760 George II 1751 The Principles of Morals, Hume David Hume 1759 Theory of Moral Sentiments, Smith Adam Smith