The Enlightment when a social and philosphical movement in the 18th century when conservative institutions were being questioned. Below are some of the Enlightenment thinkers who influenced many people. Choose one to research and write a one page summary of thei ideas and philosophy on society.
Enlightenment Thinkers
John Locke
http://www.iep.utm.edu/locke/
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/351232/john_locke_and_the_declaration_of_independence.html?cat=37
http://www.crf-usa.org/foundations-of-our-constitution/natural-rights.html
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/locke/influence.html
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/locke/
http://www.iep.utm.edu/locke/
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/351232/john_locke_and_the_declaration_of_independence.html?cat=37
http://www.crf-usa.org/foundations-of-our-constitution/natural-rights.html
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/locke/influence.html
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/locke/
Thomas Hobbes
http://www.nndb.com/people/691/000031598/
http://www.philosophypages.com/hy/3x.htm
http://www.rjgeib.com/thoughts/nature/hobbes-bio.html
http://www.iep.utm.edu/hobmoral/
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/hobbes/
http://www.nndb.com/people/691/000031598/
http://www.philosophypages.com/hy/3x.htm
http://www.rjgeib.com/thoughts/nature/hobbes-bio.html
http://www.iep.utm.edu/hobmoral/
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/hobbes/
Voltaire
http://public.wsu.edu/~brians/hum_303/voltaire.html
http://www.iep.utm.edu/deismfre/#H1
http://www.positiveatheism.org/hist/darrow5.htm
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/voltaire/
http://public.wsu.edu/~brians/hum_303/voltaire.html
http://www.iep.utm.edu/deismfre/#H1
http://www.positiveatheism.org/hist/darrow5.htm
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/voltaire/
Baron de Montesquieu
http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Montesquieu
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/montesquieu-spirit.html
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10536a.htm
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/montesquieu/
http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Montesquieu
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/montesquieu-spirit.html
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10536a.htm
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/montesquieu/
Mary Wollstonecraft
http://www.historyguide.org/intellect/wollstonecraft.html
http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Mary_Wollstonecraft
http://www25.uua.org/uuhs/duub/articles/marywollstonecraft.html
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/wollstonecraft/
http://www.historyguide.org/intellect/wollstonecraft.html
http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Mary_Wollstonecraft
http://www25.uua.org/uuhs/duub/articles/marywollstonecraft.html
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/wollstonecraft/
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
http://www.historyguide.org/europe/rousseau.html
http://www.nndb.com/people/808/000082562/
http://www.iep.utm.edu/rousseau/
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/rousseau/
http://www.historyguide.org/europe/rousseau.html
http://www.nndb.com/people/808/000082562/
http://www.iep.utm.edu/rousseau/
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/rousseau/