French Philosophers

thomas hobbes

• belief: gov is guided by the general will of society
• belief: everyone has natural rights
• belief: without gov to keep order, there would be chaos.
• belief:women need education to be virtuous and useful

john locke

• belief: leading scholars should contribute essays to a master volume of books
• belief: without gov to keep order, there would be chaos.
• belief: everyone has natural rights
• belief: gov powers should be balanced

jean jacques rousseau

• belief: gov powers should be balanced
• belief: everyone has natural rights
• belief: everything should be doubted until proved by reason
• belief: gov is guided by the general will of society

baron de montesquieu

• belief: everything should be doubted until proved by reason
• belief: leading scholars should contribute essays to a master volume of books
• belief: gov powers should be balanced
• belief:women need education to be virtuous and useful

voltaire

• belief: without gov to keep order, there would be chaos.
• belief: gov should tolerate freedom of religion and speech
• belief: everything should be doubted until proved by reason
• belief: leading scholars should contribute essays to a master volume of books

mary wollstonecraft

• belief: gov powers should be balanced
• belief: leading scholars should contribute essays to a master volume of books
• belief:women need education to be virtuous and useful
• belief: gov is guided by the general will of society

cesare beccaria

• belief: gov is guided by the general will of society
• belief: gov powers should be balanced
• belief: without gov to keep order, there would be chaos.
• belief: laws exist to preserve order, not to avenge crimes

denis diderot

• belief: gov powers should be balanced
• belief: everyone has natural rights
• belief: leading scholars should contribute essays to a master volume of books
• belief: gov is guided by the general will of society

rené descartes

• belief: gov powers should be balanced
• belief: gov is guided by the general will of society
• belief: gov should tolerate freedom of religion and speech
• belief: everything should be doubted until proved by reason