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    The big idea

    enlightenment
    Human reason

    philosophers

    Divine right
    Absolute monarchs
    enlightened
    reforms
    movements

    revolutionary
    overthrow

    Enlightenment
    philosophers

    hobbes

    locke

    rousseau

    voltaire

    montesquieu

    Thomas Hobbes

    Beliefs:
    1. Man is naturally
    wicked and evil
    2.

    3.

    An absolute ruler
    is needed to keep
    law and order
    The Social Contract
    people give up rights
    in exchange for law
    and order

    Thomas Hobbes
    Cartoon Explanation:
    The Sea Monster
    represents a
    strong
    government.

    Crown & Fire =


    Monarch
    with
    absolute
    power to
    keep the
    people in

    Thomas Hobbes

    Ideal Political System:

    Absolutism!

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