https://padlet.com/emily_harmon/ysxmzoz0hxxo Ideas to Challenge Society en-us 2016-08-25 15:23:08 UTC 2025-11-12 12:07:35 UTC hello@padlet.com emily_harmon https://padlet.com/emily_harmon/ysxmzoz0hxxo/wish/119840998 He felt that the best way to protect liberty was to divide powers of the government among the three branches, legislative, executive, and judicial. He also felt that each branch of the government should serve as a check on the other two. ]]> 2016-08-25 15:34:09 UTC https://padlet.com/emily_harmon/ysxmzoz0hxxo/wish/119840998 emily_harmon https://padlet.com/emily_harmon/ysxmzoz0hxxo/wish/119843039 With his pen, he battled inequality, injustice, and superstition. He detested the slave trade and deplored religious prejudice. ]]> 2016-08-25 15:39:53 UTC https://padlet.com/emily_harmon/ysxmzoz0hxxo/wish/119843039 emily_harmon https://padlet.com/emily_harmon/ysxmzoz0hxxo/wish/119844536 Worked for years to produce a 28-volume set of books called the Encyclopedia. His purpose was to change the general way of thinking, by explaining ideas on topics such as government, philosophy, and religion. ]]> 2016-08-25 15:44:21 UTC https://padlet.com/emily_harmon/ysxmzoz0hxxo/wish/119844536 emily_harmon https://padlet.com/emily_harmon/ysxmzoz0hxxo/wish/119845874 He believed that people in their natural state were basically good. He created the Social Contract. He stated that some controls were necessary, but they should be minimal.]]> 2016-08-25 15:48:23 UTC https://padlet.com/emily_harmon/ysxmzoz0hxxo/wish/119845874 emily_harmon https://padlet.com/emily_harmon/ysxmzoz0hxxo/wish/119847576 He argued that the free market should be allowed to regulate business activity. Wherever there was a demand for goods or services, he said suppliers would seek to meet that demand in order to gain profit. ]]> 2016-08-25 15:52:42 UTC https://padlet.com/emily_harmon/ysxmzoz0hxxo/wish/119847576 emily_harmon https://padlet.com/emily_harmon/ysxmzoz0hxxo/wish/119849225 English philosopher who believed that all people had the same natural rights in life, liberty, and property. He published ´´Two Treatises of Government´´ in 1690.]]> 2016-08-25 15:56:47 UTC https://padlet.com/emily_harmon/ysxmzoz0hxxo/wish/119849225 emily_harmon https://padlet.com/emily_harmon/ysxmzoz0hxxo/wish/119942753 Plato's most famous student. He developed his own ideas about government. ]]> 2016-08-25 22:08:38 UTC https://padlet.com/emily_harmon/ysxmzoz0hxxo/wish/119942753 emily_harmon https://padlet.com/emily_harmon/ysxmzoz0hxxo/wish/119942887 He was an outspoken critic of the Sophists. He was an Athenian stonemason and philosopher. Most of what we know about him comes from his student Plato.]]> 2016-08-25 22:10:26 UTC https://padlet.com/emily_harmon/ysxmzoz0hxxo/wish/119942887 emily_harmon https://padlet.com/emily_harmon/ysxmzoz0hxxo/wish/119943213 Under this able statesman, the economy thrived and the government became more democratic. Because of his wise and skillful leadership, the period from 460 to 429 B.C. is often called the Age of Pericles.]]> 2016-08-25 22:15:05 UTC https://padlet.com/emily_harmon/ysxmzoz0hxxo/wish/119943213 https://padlet.com/emily_harmon/ysxmzoz0hxxo/wish/120053562 This video shows famous quotes from well known philosophers during the Enlightenment period. It allows the viewer to understand the philosopher's beliefs. ]]> 2016-08-26 15:25:08 UTC https://padlet.com/emily_harmon/ysxmzoz0hxxo/wish/120053562