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THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Reason as proof of existence: "I think, therefore I am" (1637)
      - Rejected all intellectual authority except own thought
    - - Principia (1687): Mechanical universe through universal laws of motion
      - Universe understandable rationally as the work of a Creator
  - - - Politics as an exact science like geometry
      - Leviathan (1651): Men motivated by power/fear, need all-powerful sovereign
    - - Human-kind seen as innately good
      - Two Treatises of Government (1690): Natural rights of life, liberty, and property
      - Government as a contract between ruler and subjects to protect rights
  - - - The Spirit of the Laws (1748): Laws guide all things, discovered by empirical investigation
    - - Philosophical Letters Concerning the English Nation (1733): Praised English life
    - - The Social Contract (1762): Community based on citizen choice and democratic participation