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Contributed as a political philosopher who justified wide- ranging government powers on the basis of the consent of citizens.

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His scientific writings present all phenomena as the affects of matter and motion

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Defended materialism.

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Masterpiece, Leviathan.

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Considered one of the founders of modern philosophy political

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Persuaded the laws of nature and social contract.

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His main concern is the problem of political and social order.

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Married a protestant.

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On Crimes and Punishments marked the high point

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Beccaria opens his work describing the great need for reform in the criminal justice system, and he observes how few studies there are on the subject of such reform

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undertook the more difficult task of constructing an education and a social order that would enable men to be free

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writer, and composer of the 18th century

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Rousseau saw a fundamental divide between society and human nature and believed that man was good

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Grew up wanting to divide the power.

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Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu (/ˈmɒntɨskjuː/; French: [mɔ̃tɛskjø]; 18 January 1689 - 10 February 1755), generally referred to as simply Montesquieu, was a French lawyer, man of letters, and political philosopher who lived during the Age of Enlightenment.

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Embraced the 3 branches.

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Who Was Mary Wollstonecraft? (Famous Philosophers)

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Mary Wollstonecraft: Founder of Feminism, Champion of Social Justice, and Mother of Women's Suffrage. This video explains Wollstonecraft's life, influence and philosophical positions. Sponsors: Prince Otchere, Daniel Helland, Dennis Sexton, Will Roberts and √2. Thanks for your support!

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Mary wanted to give women the opportunity to take control of themselves and to not be considered property.

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After a lengthy period of poor health, he died while Damaris read him the Bible. He was buried in High Laver church.

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Shaftsbury's influence on Locke's professional career and his political thoughts cannot be understated as one of the founders of the Whig party

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Contributed to Women Rights.

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Believed in a blissful afterlife, to repay for her present mystery.

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Freedom of speech, rejection of intolerance and superstition and belief in reason and tolerance.

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he is the longest serving monarch in European history

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Voltaire's writing had big impacts on public opinion.

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Voltaire left his mark on English popular culture, after Voltaire used the story of Isaac Newton,  in his Letter Concerning English Nation, everyone remembered it.

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He is known as louis the great or sun king he was monarch of the house

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Voltaire's book, Candide, remains the most universally  read work of the European Enlightenment. Candide means "Optimism"

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Voltaire wanted religion but not the church.

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The last three decades of Louis's reign were marked by almost constant France was now the dominant power on the continent and other European nations felt threatened by this supremacy

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He saw the relationship between free government and creative business developments.

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He regarded himself as an absolute monarch with his power coming directly from God and he carefully cultivated his image and took the sun as his emblem

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In 1717, he was exiled, and then imprisoned, for writings that were offensive to powerful people.

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Voltaire's dad sent him to the best school in the capital.

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believed himself a direct representative of God

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louis decide to rule without chief master

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Became the "Conscience of Europe"