To understand the views of different Enlightenment philosophers, you will need to identify 3 philosophers and analyze their core beliefs.
Your assignment:
Name 3 philosophers and their 3 core beliefs. Make sure you explain each core belief.
Due: Sunday 10/9/11 by no later than 11:59 p.m.
13 comments:
1)John Locke, he learned that people could learn from experience and improve themselves.
2)Jean Jacques Rousseau, was passionately committed to individual freedom.
3)Voltaire, used satire against opponents, he made frequent targets of clergy, the aristocary, and the govermnent.
John Locke- He believed that people could learn from experience and improve themselves.
Voltaire- His frequent targets in his writing were the clergy, aristocracy, and the government.
Jean Jacques Rousseau- Was passionatly committed to individual freedom.
1) John Locke believed in the positive, that people could learn form experience and improve themselves.
2)Montesquieu believed in political liberty, which means that he thought Great Britain was the best governed.
3) Rousseau was committed to individual freedoms.
1.Johna Locke, He belived that people could learn from experiance and improve themselves.
2.Voltair, He was the most brilliant and infuential. He belived in tolerance reason and freedom of religous belife.
3.Mary Wollstonecraft she belived in womans right and that everyone should be eaqual.
1. John Locke, held a different, more positive, view of human nature. he believed people could learn from ecperience and improve themselves. as a reasonable beings, they had the natural ability to govern their own affairs and to look after the welfare of society.
2.Voltaire, he published more than 70 books of political essay, philosophy, and drama. he often used satire against his opponets. he made frequent targets of the clergy, the aristocracy, and the government.
3.Rousseau, was passionately committed to the individual freedom. the son of a poor swiss watchmaker, Roisseau won recongintion as a writer of assays.
John Locke - Believed that people could learn from experiience and improve themselves
Francois Marie Arout - Fought for Tolerance, reason, freedom of religous belief, and freedom of speech
Rousseau - Commited to individual freedom. Bellieved that the only good government was one that was freely formed
3. Frncois Marie Arouet was a philiospher who believed in free speech. He also wanted a government that allowed people to believe in there own religion. He shared his ideas with people through his writing. He fought fo what was right no matter how much trouble he got in.
2. Jean Jacues Rousseau was commited to individual freedom. He believed that science, reason, and art corrupted people's natural goodness. He wrote "Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains".He wanted a government that was freely formed by the people- a direct democracy.
3.Cesare Bonesana Baccarie fought the justice system. He believed that laws existed to preserve social order, not to avenge crimes. He thought the justice system was abusing its power by not giving fair trials, torturing people, and giving harsh punishments.
1)John Locke, he learned that people could learn from experience .
2)Voltaire, published 70 or more books of political essay, philosophy,and drama. he made frequent targets of the clergy, and the government.
3)Jean Jacques Rousseau, was passionately committed to individual freedom.
1)John Locke believed that people could learn from experiences and improve themselves. He also believed that they could govern themselves. Essentially he had a positive veiw of human nature.
2)Voltaire is considered probably the most brilliant and influential of phliosophers. He used satire against his opponents, making frequent targets of the clergy, aristocracy and the government. He made many enemies and was sent to prison twice, but he never stopped fighting for tolerance, reason, freedom of religion, and freedom of speech.
3)Montesquieu devoted himself to the study of political liberty. He believed that Britain was the best-governed and most politically balanced country. He also proposed that separation of powers would keep any individual or group from gaining total control of the government.
1) John Locke-he believed that people could govern their own affairs because they could learn from their mistakes.
2)Jean Jacques Rousseau-he believed that every individual had his/her own freedom.
3)Voltaire-frequently made targets out of clergy, the aristocracy, and the government.
- John Locke, beleived that all people are born free and equal with three natural rights. Life, liberty, and property are those rights.
- Cesare Bonesana Beccaria, turned his thoughts to the justice system. He beleived that laws existed to preserve social order not to avenge crimes.
- Jean Jacques Rousseau, was very commited and passionate about individual freedom.
Francois Marie Arouet- He made frequent targets of the clergy, the aristocracy, and the government. He never stopped fighting for tolerance, reason, freedom of religious belief, and freedom of speech.
Baron de Montesquieu- He devoted himself to political liberty. He proposed that separation of powers would keep any individual or group from gaining total control of the government.
John Locke- He believed that people could learn from experiences and improve themselves. He also believed that they could govern themselves.
John Locke- He believed that people could learn from experience and improve themselves.
2)Montesquieu- believed in political liberty, which means that he thought Great Britain was the best governed.
Rousseau - Commited to individual freedom. Bellieved that the only good government was one that was freely formed
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