Philosophers and People Flashcards
1
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Niccolo Machiavelli
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Ruthless
2
Q
Thomas Hobbes
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Selfish
3
Q
Johne Locke
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People are basically good
Tabula Rosa- mind is clean slate at birth
4
Q
Baron de Montesquieu
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Separation of Power:
Legislative- makes the law
Executive- enforces the law
Judicial- interprets the law
5
Q
Jean-Jaques Rousseau
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Noble Savage
6
Q
Adam Smith
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Laissez faire- Let do
Capitalism
7
Q
James Watt
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inventor of the steam engine which was the most important of I.R.
8
Q
Thomas Edison
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light bulb
Wizard of Menlo park
9
Q
Kaiser Wilhelm II
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obsessed with making Germany world power
10
Q
Gavrilo Princip
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Assassin of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and Serbian nationalist who was a member of the Black Hand
11
Q
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
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heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary and assassinated by Gavrilo Princip
