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Thomas Hobbes publishes Leviathan (1651).
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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John Locke introduces the Natural Rights
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Voltaire
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Enlightment in France
- 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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Voltaire Jailed
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Montesquieu publishes book with separation of powers idean
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Lifeespan of Mary Wollstonecraft
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Jean Jacques Rousseau
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Beccaria
Proposed the criminal justice system in book named: "Crimes and Punishments" -
Mary Wollstonecraft
A women's rights activist wrote "A Vindication of the Rights of Woman" in 1792. -
Death of Mary Wollstonecraft
