A Journey Through Western Philosophy

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1. This thinker taught that man was good by nature and corrupted by society. His famous quote was "Man was born free, and is everywhere in chains." Jacques-Yves Cousteau Jean-Luc Nancy Denis Diderot Jean-Jacques Rousseau

2. This Enlightenment thinker coined the term “separation of powers.” Auguste Comte Charles de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu Claude Henri de Rouvroy, comte de Saint-Simon Gabriel Marcel

3. Francois-Marie Arouet (1694-1778) wrote by this pen name and was perhaps the most famous freedom of speech advocate. He is attributed with saying, "I do not agree with what you have to say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." Pascal Montaigne Voltaire Spinoza

4. This Italian philosopher is famous for writing "The Prince", a book that gives advice on how government can keep control of its people. Giuseppe Ferarri Giovanni Machiavelli Niccolo Machiavelli Galileo Galilei

5. He was famous for writing "Leviathan", one of the first works to promote the social contract theory. John Locke Thomas Hobbes John Stuart Mill Alfred North Whitehead

6. Thomas Jefferson practically committed plagiarism when he wrote that men have inalienable rights to "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." Which famous thinker was he paraphrasing? John Dewey Thomas Paine John Locke James Paine

7. This American wrote the pamphlet "Common Sense". He was an ardent supporter of American independence from Britain and believed that men are free and equal in respect to their rights. John Jay Thomas Jefferson Thomas Paine James Madison

8. This Scottish philosopher believed that moderation was the key to a peaceful society and said that we need to balance our demands for liberty with the need for a strong authority, without sacrificing either. David Hume Adam Smith Thomas Hobbes John Milar

9. This thinker is known as the founder of modern philosophy and is famously known for writing, "Cogito ergo sum (I think, Therefore I am)" Socrates Rudolf Steiner Rene Descartes Arthur Schopenhauer

10. This man is known as the Father of the U.S. Constitution and is credited with synthesizing the U.S. Bill of Rights. He was a co-author of "The Federalist Papers" where he wrote how Republicanism would better be supported in a large country with many different interests and factions, rather than in a small country where special interests would dominate. Alexander Hamilton James Madison Thomas Jefferson Benjamin Franklin