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He believed that religion should
be separate from politics. He supported a strong government based on reason. Hobbes also tried
to separate knowledge from faith, which eventually got him into trouble with the British
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He disagreed with Thomas Hobbes about human nature. Hobbes felt all people were selfish.
Locke believed that all people were born good and were given natural rights by God. These were
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Montesquieu admired the
system in England that limited the power of the king. He said the government should be broken
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He fought against intolerance,
tyranny, and superstition. He believed in freedom of thought and respect for all individuals. Most
importantly, he believed that religion was too powerful and defended individuals who suffered
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He did not believe the people in charge should be
paid for their services. He also felt that slavery was morally wrong and should be abolished. He
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He believed that individuals should have certain rights. Rousseau’s ideas of individual freedom spread throughout Europe and the United States. He was
against the absolute power or control of the Church and government, and he believed that the
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Smith also gave lectures and discussed topics such as ethics, human motives, and society. He
believed that someone working to earn money benefited himself but also benefited society as a
whole. He claimed that charity was a virtuous act but that society should not depend upon
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Beccaria believed that people who were accused of a crime should have rights. He did not like
the death penalty and believed torture was wrong. He believed that education would reduce the
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He did not want a government that had too much power. He also believed that individual
freedom and rights should be protected by government. He felt that all people should be involved
in making decisions for the country. e believed that everyone should be allowed to get an
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After France invaded Spain and Napoleon replaced the Spanish king with his brother, Hidalgo
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Mary was not the first woman to recognize the inequalities between men and women during her
lifetime, but she became the most popular. While she focused on fighting for the rights of women
and against the inequalities in education, she also worked for the equal treatment of all human
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Bolívar believed in a strong central government. He admired the parliamentary system of Britain
and thought that political power should be divided among different branches of government. He
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