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Voltaire

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Believed that freedom of speech was the best weapon against bad government. He also spoke out against the corruption of the French government, and the intolerance of the Catholic Church.

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Cesare Beccaria

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Believed that punishment should fit the crime, in speedy and public trials, and that capital punishment (the death penalty) should be done away with completely

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Montesquieu

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Advocated the separation of executive and legislative and judicial powers (1689-1755)

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Thomas Hobbes

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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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Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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Believed that Human beings are naturally good & free & can rely on their instincts. Government should exist to protect common good, and be a democracy

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Plato

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Was highly critical of democracy and believed in an aristocracy ruled by philosopher-kings.

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John Locke

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Advocated the idea of a "social contract" in which government powers are derived from the consent of the governed and in which the government serves the people; also said people have natural rights to life, liberty and property.

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