ENLIGHTENMENT
IDEAS
THOMAS HOBBES
FRANCOIS QUESNAY
 ECONOMIC TABLEAU
PHYSIOCRATS
BARON DE
MONTESQUIEU
FRANCOIS MARIE AROUET
VOLTAIRE
FRANCOIS MARIE AROUET
VOLTAIRE
JEAN JACQUES ROUSSEAU
JEAN JACQUES ROUSSEAU
IMMANUEL KANT
 protect and defend the
country against
invaders
 to protect the rights of
an individual
 to provide for public
needs
DENNIS DIDEROT

SALONNIERES
MADAME GEOFFRIN
 Support Salons with
active discussion and
debates
 supported the
publication of Diderot’s
encyclopaedia
FREDERICK THE GREAT
“FIRST SERVANT
OF THE STATE”
CATHERINE
THE GREAT
 Granted nobles a
Charter Rights
 Against serfdom
JOSEPH II
PEASANT
EMPEROR
JOHN LOCKE
 TWO TREATIES ON
GOVERNMENT

Enlightenment ideas

Editor's Notes

  • #10 Social contract – through government, cede the rights to the majority