Enlightenment+Thinkers

Aileen Liew __Kant__ Locke Bayle Montesquieu Voltaire Smith Rosseau
 * defined the Enlightenment as "man's leaving his self- caused immaturity"
 * movement of intellectuals who dared to know
 * men were born with a blank mind (tabula rasa)
 * Evil was not innate, product of enviroment
 * //Historical Dictionary-// challenged several traditional pictures of the Bible
 * //Persian Letters// criticized french institutions- Catholic church, King
 * Spirit of the Laws=separation of powers
 * religious toleration, freedom of thought
 * "Crush the infamous thing"=religious intolerance
 * "//Candide//" humor to attack religious intolerance
 * Wealth of Nations= supply and demand, end protective tariffs
 * laissez-faire=government should stay out of politics
 * Discourse on the Origin of Inequality= government was an evil necessity
 * father of Romanticism=conclusions dictated by emotions
 * Emile model of modern education
 * Social Contract- individual liberties with government
 * General Will= forced to be free