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The Enlightenmentt
Chapter 19
Term | Definition |
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Enlightenment | The age of reason |
Salons | Gatherings in which intellectual and political ideas were exchanged during the enlightenment |
Social Contract | An agreement between a people and their government, stating that people would give up some of their freedom and in return, their government would provide them with peace, security, and order |
John Locke | English philosopher and founder of British empiricism; he developed political and economic theories during the enlightenment. |
Baron de Montesquieu | French jurist and political philosopher, he explored democratic theories of government |
Jean-Jacques Rousseau | Swiss french political philosopher, he valued the social contract and addressed the nature of man in his work |
Philosophes | Philosophers of the Enlightenment |
Voltaire | French philosopher and author; he was a supporter of deism, the idea that God was no longer involved with the universe after creating it |
Enlightened Despots | The absolute monarchs in 18th-century Europe who ruled according to the principles of the Enlightenment |