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-been know for writing a book about rights for women
- in 1780 she left her family behind and convinced her sister eliza to leave her abusive husband and join her and her family blood to live an  independent llife
- they opened a school for girls to show their female inpowerment

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Creating aand thinking about new theories

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- 18th century Swiss born French philosopher
-  belief that the state of nature was different then that conceived by Hobbes
- sees natural man as "independent,solitary, and peaceful"
- thought people were much better off without government

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- french writer
- devoted himself to the study of political liberty
-  believed that Britain was the best-governed and most politically balanced country of his own day

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Is the pen name that François Marie Arouet went by. He made 70 books of political essays, philosophy, and drama. He  also made frequent targets of the clergy, the aristocracy, and the governmeant.
- he was sent to prison twice

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the scientific resoulition made scholars and philosophers begin to reevaluate old notions about other aspects of society like ways of governing,religion, economics, and education. This led to the enlightenment. The enlightenment is a new intellectual movement that stressed reason and thought and the power of individuals to solve problems. Known also as the Age of Reason.

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had a more positive view of human nature he  elieved that people could learn from experi- ence and improve themselves. he also thought that they could  govern them selfs.
-He criticized absolute monarchy
- he believed that all people are born free and equal  with three natural rights: life,liberty, and government
-  His belief that a govern- ment’s power comes from the consent of the people is the foundation of modern democracy.

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It was a theory created by thomas Hobbes. It is agreement between people that of a society to abide by laws ad accept punishment. Basically if you live in a society  you have to agree to follow the rules and protect rights.

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17th century philosopher
he believed that humans were evil so they needed a strong leader to rule them. he thought that government laws were needed for human protection.
He created the social contract theory. He did not believe that people hsould govern themselfs because they were evil.