Euro philosophes
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- Wollstonecraft
- Women are just as capable as men and should be allowed education and opportunities, and if rulers are supposed to protect the right of people, then why do men take away those rights from women?
- Locke
- Divine right isn't real and everyone is endowed with life, liberty, and property. Leaders should protect those rights or get replaced.
- Rousseau
- The general will of the people cannot be decided by the government, and officials should be elected through democracy
- Social progress is made through reason and not authority like government and religion. Religious tolerance is important to have.
- Voltaire
- The knowledge of philosophes should be stored and accessible by anyone throughout any generation, and it should be put together in a book.
- Diderot
- Government should leave the economy alone and provide military, police, and infrastructure.
- Adam Smith
- Torture should not be allowed as a form of punishment and the law should apply equally to all.
- Cesare Beccaria
- Government should be separated into three separate groups, judicial, executive, and legislative so one doesn't have too much power.
- Montesquieu
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