Enlightenment Thinkers

Niccolò Machiavelli

May 3, 1469

Main Works The Historical, Political and Diplomatic Writings of Niccolo Machiavelli The Prince

Thomas Hobbes

Apr 5, 1588

Main Works Leviathan The English Works of Thomas Hobbes.

Rene Descartes

Mar 31, 1596

Works The Method, Meditations and Philosophy Philosophical Writings

John Locke

Aug 29, 1632

Main Works An Essay Concerning Human Understanding The Second Treatise of Government

Sir Isaac Newton

Dec 25, 1642

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Works "Opticks"

Charles-Louis de Secondat, baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu

Jan 18, 1689

Works The Spirit of Laws A History of Political Theories

François-Marie Arouet "Voltaire"

Nov 21, 1694

Works Toleration and other essays The Works of Voltaire The Philosophy History

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Jun 28, 1712

Works On the Social Contract Confessions

Denis Diderot

Oct 5, 1713

Works The Paradox of Acting Selections from Diderot

Adam Smith

Jun 5, 1723

Works The Wealth of Nations

Cesare Marchese Di Beccaria Bonesana

Mar 15, 1738

Works An Essay on Crimes and Punishments

Mary Wollstonecraft

Apr 27, 1759

Works A vindication of the rights of woman: With strictures on political and moral subjects The Rights of Woman The Life and Death of Mary Wollstonecraft