1. Adam Smith

- Adam Smith was a man of buisness he wanted free a market. 

-Economist who thought free market should be allowed to regulate business

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2. Aristotle

-Important for his writings of western pilosophy.

-one of the greatest of the ancient Athenian philosophers, his writings were the first to create a comprehensive system of Western philosophy.

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3. Baron de Montesquieu

-Montesquieu is the reason why the seperation powers exists today.

-French political philosopher who advocated the separation of executive and legislative and judicial powers (1689-1755)

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4. The Enlightenment

-The enlightenment enforced the rihgts of the citizens. 

-A movement in the 18th century that advocated the use of reason in the rappaisal of accepted ideas and social institutions.

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5. Jean-Jacques Rosseau

-Jean believed people had good intentions but there was evil society within. 

- Believed people in the natural state were basically good, but that they were corrupted by the evils of society, especially due to the unequal distribution of wealth

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6. John Locke

-John Locke believed that everyone was born with natural rights and the government existed to enforce those rights. 

-Philosopher who thought people were basically reasonable and moral, and believed in natural rights

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7. Laissez Faire

-Government cannot interfere with buisness as long as Laissez faire is active. 

-Allows business to operate with little or no government interference.

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8. Philosophy

-Philosophy is bascally like a sarch for questions. 

- The rational investigation of questions about existance and knowledge and ethics.

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9. Plato

-Plato is famous student of socrates.

-ancient Athenian philosopher, most-famous student of Socrates, known for his ideal leaders "Philosopher-Kings"

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10. Social contract

-Decreased order but more rights for the individuals. 

-The unwritten agreement between individuals and society in which individual rights are traded for overall order (decrease of chaos)

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11. Socrates

-Famous for his process of questioning. 

-ancient Athenian philosopher, the "Socratic Method" is named for his process of questioning to discover answer.

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12. Thomas Hobbes

-Advicated absolute soveriegnty to solve problems due to human selfishness. 

-English materialist and political philosopher who advocated absolute sovereignty as the only kind of government that could resolve problems caused by the selfishness of human beings (1588-1679)

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13. Voltaire

-Voltaire was the main defender of free speech. 

-French writer who has the embodiment of 18th century Enlightenment, defender of free speech.

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