Enlightenment philosophers

Thomas Hobbes's opinion about government

• The government should respect the liberties of the people

• The government should have the power of a sea monster

• The government should be divided into three branches

• Monarchy is the best way to rule

John Locke said that people...

• are born selfish and greedy

• are naturally happy, tolerant and reasonable

• are born free and then enslaved by society

Rousseau wrote:

• The Leviathan

• The Vindication of the Rights of Woman

• The Social Contract

• The Two Treatises on Government

This philosopher said that the government should be divided into three branches:

• Rousseau

• Montesquieu

• Diderot

• Locke

His views on God, the world and the human being and knowledge serve to ground a moral philosophy.

• Mary Wollstonecraft

• Montesquieu

• Baruch Spinoza

• Voltaire

Voltaire struggled for:

• A better government

• An absolute power

• Religious toleration and liberty

• Guarantees for human beings

This philosopher helped the spreading of the Enlightenment ideas in North America

• Mary Wollstonecraft

• Diderot

• Baruch Spinoza

• Voltaire

Mary Wollstonecraft wanted: