Enlightenment Thinking (H)

Author of Candide who argued against organized religion

The separation of powers in the U.S. gov. is based on a theory by 

People give up certain freedoms in order to live in an organized society

What were the consequences of The Enlightenment?

How did the US Constitution reflect Enlightenment ideas?

Division of governmental power into executive, legislative, and judicial branches

Believed in an absolute monarchy because people are naturally greedy and selfish 

Enlightenment thinkers were influenced by the idea of natural law that emerged from

Most philosophers of the Enlightenment supported

Wrote The Social Contract in which people should be ruled by the general will

Believed in a limited government that protected citizens natural rights

Developed the theory of separation of powers

British feminist who fought for equal education for women

Concept that an entire society agrees to be governed by its general will

Rules that can be discovered through logic and reason

Mary Wollstonecraft argued that women and men should have equal