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Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment (Denis Diderot (1713-1784…
Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment
Denis Diderot
1713-1784
French
Editor of the Encyclopedia
Helped spread the movement through Europe
Olympe de Gouges
1748-1793
French
Wrote about women's rights
Wrote
¨Deceleration of the Rights of Women and the Female Citizen¨
Thomas Hobbes
1588-1679
England
A philosopher and political man
Wrote 1651 treatise he kicked off the English Enlightenment
John Locke
1632-1704
England
Political Theorist, ¨all men born have the right of life, liberty and property¨
Influence the U.S constitution and wrote Two Treaties of Government
Baron de Montesquieu
1689-1755
French
Political thinker,
Wrote ¨The Spirit of Laws¨ influenced by John Locke
Adam Smith
1723-1790
Scotland
Believed government should not interfere with economics
Wrote ¨Wealth of Nations¨
Voltaire
1694-1778
French
wanted free Speech and monarchs to respect the rights of people
Wrote ¨Candide¨ (1759)