Men of the Enlightenment

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Men of the Enlightenment

• A supplement to Gutek chapter 9

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Diderot

• Denis Diderot
• Speculated on intellect and 5 senses
• Encyclopédie
• Religious tolerance, freedom of thought, science
  and industry, democracy

1713-1784
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Voltaire

• François-Marie Arouet
• Fought for civil rights (for white men, involving
  fair trial)
• Freedom of religion (but spoke out fiercely
  against Christianity and Judaism)
• Money and lottery

1694-1778
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Montesquieu

• Argued for British liberty, not American
• Separation of powers, checks and balances
• Women as heads of state, not families
• Opposed slavery

1689-1755
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Beccaria

• Cesare, Marquis of Beccaria
• Opposed torture and death penalty
• Amendments 5-8 of US Bill of Rights

1738-1794
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Condorcet

• Mathematician, political scientist
• Free and equal public education
• Constitutionalism
• Equal rights for women and people of all races
  (abolition and womens suffrage)

1743-1794