Terms from Exam Review 4
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| 50252374 | Kant | He devised the motto of the Enlightenment: "Dare to know" | 0 | |
| 50252375 | Locke | He wrote "Essay Concerning Human Understanding" and believed that the government was created to protect the natural rights of the people. | 1 | |
| 50252376 | Tabula Rasa | A blank mind philosophy created by Locke. Advocated the idea that people learn through experience. | 2 | |
| 50252377 | Philosophes | Intellectuals of the Enlightenment who sought the natural order of politics, society, and economics. They pursued reason above all else. | 3 | |
| 50252378 | Salons | Meetings places of the philosophes which were run by women, who were able to reject or accept the philosophes. | 4 | |
| 50252379 | Montesquieu | In his "Spirit of Laws" he established the idea that the power of the government should be limited and there should be three separate branches. | 5 | |
| 50252380 | Voltaire | "Treatise on Toleration"/"Philosophical Letters on the English"--through his works he expanded the freedom of natural rights. | 6 | |
| 50252381 | Rousseau | His "Social Contract" introduced the idea of general will: he identified that human nature was good and would prosper in a society ruled by general will. He also wrote Emile. | 7 | |
| 50252382 | Wollestoncraft | "Vindication on the Right of Women"--established the paradigm for the modern feminist and called for women to educate their daughters. | 8 | |
| 50252383 | Diderot | His "Encyclopedia" surveyed the different ideas of the philosophes. He was able to pick and choose and acceptable philosophes. | 9 | |
| 50252384 | Quesnay | French economist that introduced the idea of laissez-faire economics and that land was the source of wealth. | 10 | |
| 50252385 | Smith | His "Wealth of Nations" introduced laissez faire economics and natural laws to the British economy; he is known as the "Father of Capitalism". | 11 | |
| 50252386 | Condorcet | His "Progress on the Human Mind" introduced the concept of evolution education through 10 stages and that the final stage was perfection by rejection of traditional obstacles. | 12 | |
| 50252387 | Hume | His "Treatise on Human Understanding" introduced the idea of using systematic thinking within social sciences rejecting the idea of emotion. | 13 | |
| 50252388 | Beccaria | In his "On Crimes and Punishment" he called for an end to capital punishment; instead he desired punishment that would prevent crimes (like imprisonment). | 14 | |
| 50252389 | Moravian Brethren | Zinzendorf's sect that established a faith that was emotional, mystic, and in which you could have a personal relationship with God. | 15 | |
| 50252390 | John Wesley | Created Methodism--we are sinners and need to be saved/very emotional. | 16 |
