The Enlightenment Philosophers

Name all of the philosophers of the Enlightenment.

What was the Magna Carta?

• a charter that limited the king's power

• created to protect people from own selfishness

• described how laws should be organized

• a place where philosophers gathered in informal meetings

Name the three things that the Magna Carta talks about.

Philosophers often gathered in informal meetings called _______.

Who am I?

I believed people were naturally selfish, cruel, and greedy.

who published Leviathan in 1651?

• thomas hobbes

• john locke

• voltaire

• cesare beccaria

who's idea was that governments were created to protect people from their own selfishness?

who wrote Two Treatises of Government in 1690?

• thomas hobbes

• john locke

• voltaire

• cesare beccaria

John Locke.......(multiple answers)

• believed people naturally selfish, cruel, and greedy

• believed that the purpose of the government was to protect people's natural rights

• created branches of gov

• in favor of constitutional monarchies

in 1689, the English set down a new set of rules called the ______