The Enlightenment
HobbesThomas Hobbes believed that we are naturally cruel, greedy, and selfish.
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LockeJohn Locke believed that we were selfish, but basically good. He believed that people had natural rights to life, liberty. and property.
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MontesquieuBaron de Montesquieu was one of the great political thinkers. He looked at all governments and how they worked.
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RousseauJean Jacques Rousseau believed that man was basically good. He believed that people's natural innocence was corrupted by society.
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Smith
Adam Smith wrote a book called "The Wealth of Nations" which was considered to be the "bible of capitalism" The book described the system of political economy.
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