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The Age of Enlightenment - Coggle Diagram
The Age of Enlightenment
Scientific Revolution
Rene Descartes
Reason as proof of existence
Discourse on method
Rejected intellectual authority
Sir Isaac Newton
Mechanical universe
Universal laws of motion
Principia
Rational thought vs Theology
Principles
Reason as unifying doctrine
Universal laws for society
Optimism and progress
Scientific method for social problems
English Intellectuals
Thomas Hobbes
Leviathan
Politics as exact science
Men as selfish and competitive
Need for all-powerful ruler
John Locke
Humankind as innately good
Natural rights: life, liberty, property
Government as contract
French Philosophes
Governed by natural laws
Baron de Montesquieu
The spirit of the laws
Limited constitutional monarchy
Empirical investigation
Voltaire
Religious and philosophical freedom
Philosophical letters
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
The social contract
Democratic participation
American Enlightenment
Representatives
Benjamin Franklin
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
Documents
Declaration of Independence
US Constitution
Bill of rights
Governmental structure
Social contract theory
Three branches of government
Checks and balances