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1
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Who wrote “the republic”?

A

Plato

2
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Who believed the government should be run by philosophers?

A

Plato

3
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Who wrote “the politics”?

A

Aristotle

4
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Who wrote “the prince”?

A

Machiavelli

5
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“The end justifies the means”

A

Machiavelli

6
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Began to separate thinking from religion

A

Thomas Hobbes

7
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Who wrote “the leviathan”?

A

Thomas Hobbes

8
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Who created the idea of the social contract?

A

Thomas Hobbes

9
Q

Who wrote “Frankenstein”?

A

Mary Wallstonecraft’s daughter, Mary Shelley

10
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Who wrote “two treatises on government”?

A

John Locke

11
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Believed in a social contract that could be revoked

A

John Locke

12
Q

Placed all power in legislature

A

John Locke

13
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Made doctrine called “separation of powers”

A

Montesquieu

14
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Created checks and balances system to ensure three branches of government stay equal

A

Montesquieu

15
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Believed in a majority vote, direct democracy

A

Rousseau

16
Q

Believed in individuality

A

Voltaire

17
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Who taught Plato?

A

Socrates