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Thomas Hobbes
Thomas Hobbes wrote the book "Leviathan" and this in turn started the english enlightenment era. -
The book Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes
the book "Leviathan" turned started the english enlightenment era. -
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Denis Diderot
A French scholar who was the editor of the Encyclopédie. The Encyclopédie became the symbole of enlightment and helped it spread. -
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Cesare Beccaria
Cesare wrote a book called "On Crimes and Punishments" in (1764) to protest the horrible events that he was there to see in many European judicial systems.When he exposed these practices it led to the abolition of many. -
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Olympe de Gouges
A French feminist and reformer during the enlightment era that wrote the book "Declaration of the Rights of Woman and the Female Citizen" in 1791 and this lead to women getting more rights. -
The Social Contract by Jacques Rousseau
The Social Contract by Jacques Rousseau says that the only way to have a good goverment is to have one run by the people. SparkNotes Editors. “SparkNote on The Social Contract.” SparkNotes.com. SparkNotes LLC. n.d.. Web. 18 Sept. 2013. -
The Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence made the united states free to govern there own land without british rule. This sparked the revolutionary war between the colonists and the british -
Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen was showing the "natural rights" of any human being with or without any goverment having control. -
Declaration of the Rights of Woman by Olympe De Gouges
This book inspired womens rights to be created. -
The Bill of Rights
The Bill of Rights is the first ten amendments to the US Constitution. -
On Crimes and Punishments by Cesare Beccaria
This book made torcher and death penalty looked at as a last option punishment, giving a more senceable approtch to punishment -
Works cited for the major philosophers
"Spark notes:Key people & terms". Spark notes,Unknown date, Sept,7th,2013http://www.sparknotes.com/history/european/enlightenment/terms.html -
Salon
A salon was a meeting place for the Republic of Letters. The Republic of Letters was a group of philosophical women, the salonnieres, and men, the philosophes. "Salon (gathering)". Wikipedia, July,16 2013.Sept. 7th 2013http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salon_(gathering) -
Philosophes
A way of thinking or a way of living (I made that definition) -
Enlightened despots
Enlightened absolutism or later refered as Enlightened despots was absolute monarchy or despotism which the rulers of the time were influenced by it. "Enlightened absolutism", Wikipedia. Sept. 17, 2013. Sept. 18 2013http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enlightened_absolutism -
The Enlightenment
The Enlightenment period is the age when communication and pursuading is the way to get everything, or at least that is the way of thinking then. Bristow, William, Bristow,. "Enlightenment." Stanford University. Stanford University, 20 Aug. 2010. Web. 30 Aug. 2013. http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/enlightenment/.
