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 Gabriel Marcel Claude Henri de Rouvroy, comte de Saint-Simon Charles de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu

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." Montaigne Pascal Spinoza Voltaire

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

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

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. Thomas Jefferson John Jay James Madison Thomas Paine

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. John Milar Thomas Hobbes David Hume Adam Smith

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)" Rene Descartes Arthur Schopenhauer Rudolf Steiner Socrates

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 Benjamin Franklin Thomas Jefferson James Madison