Social Studies Vocab
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- The Social Contract
- Rousseau wrote ant spoke out strongly against society of his day believed government was based on agreementha made by the people
- John Locke
- Proposed new theories on people and government, more optomistic that Hobbs
- Two Treatises on Government
- Locke's ideas on People and Government dont agree with hobb's theories
- Catherine The Great
- Understood and agreed with the needs to improve rights of the enlightenment and lower classes
- Portable Dictionary of Philosophy
- gives Voltaires view on equality. he says slavery is wrong
- encyclopedia (def.)
- all different kinds of writings put togeter 35 volumes, 20 years to complete
- Thomas Hobbs
- one of the first philosophers to search for the natural laws of grovernment- (englisman)
- Leviathan
- book, written by Hobbs, descrebes people being naturally cruel and only interested in themselves.
- The New Heloise
- Jean Jacques Rousseau- showed goodness of nature and the life of country people, urged people to have simpler ways of life
- Denis Diedrot
- did more to spread ideas of enlightenment than anyone else. Got writers to write about different subjects for a new set of books he was writing
- Jean Jacques Rousseau
- French philosoper, ideas had great influence- Born in 1712, believed pople should be guided by emotions, disagreed with other philosophers
- 5 main subjects in encyclopedia
- Science, Religion, Government, Pilosophy, Art
- Maria Theresa
- Empress of Austria, 1740-1780, made sure all her children were educated, did away with forced labor for peasants of austria, the reforms made-brought greater equality for austrian society
- Joseph II
- Believed in freedom of the Press and religion
- Enlightenment AKA: Age of Reason
- 1600's to 1700's in Europe
- Philosophes
- Thinkers of the enlightenment, Believed science and reason could work together to improve lives of people
- Fredrick the II of Prussia, AKA:Fredrick the Great
- able to put some ideas of enlightenment into practice
- Social Contract
- a believement that the government was based on an agreement of the people
- Encyclopedia
- 1772 one of the Great achievements of the Enlightenments
- Philosophical Letters
- 1734-voltaire wrote that the purpose of life should be to bring the greater happiness to people throught progress in science and art.
- Isaac Newton
- discovered laws of the universe through mathematical reasoning
- Voltaire
- Paris:plays and poetry. Leading philosopes, sharp-wit, quick temper