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Thomas Hobbes publishes the book stating that the human is naturally evil "The war of all is against all". The book was inspired by the English Civil War and the horrific realiity of it.
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The three very influential rights that support a self government and a sense of humanitarian freedom.
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Lifespan of Voltaire
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- Reason Enlightened thinkers believed truth could be discovered through reason or logical thinking. Reason, they said, was the absence of intolerance, bigotry, or prejudice in one’s thinking.
- Nature The philosophes referred to nature frequently. To them, what was natural was also good and reasonable. They believed that there were natural laws of economics and politics just as there were natural laws of motion. 2/5 info taken from Sheet
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Philosopher Voltaire is jailed for questioning religion
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Book named "On the spirit of the laws"
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Proposes his social contract idea in book titled "The Social Contract"
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Proposed the criminal justice system in book named: "Crimes and Punishments"
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A women's rights activist wrote "A Vindication of the Rights of Woman" in 1792.
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