Voltaire (Taylor Vaphiades)

Hello, my name is Voltaire and i am an Enlightenment thinker. I believe that every person world wide should be allowed to express their opinion in any way, shape, or form. I also believe that everyone is entidled to freedom of speech. I believe that everyone should eb able to have their own opinion and should be able to show it to the world. I also believe that a corrupt government can and will only lead to destruction and rebellious citizens. I use my wit and educational background to critisize the French Government about their poor decisions that will negativly effect the people. I believe that my beliefs can only help the people and make their lives easier ans less restricted.

Montesquieu (Jake Lauro)

I invented the three branches of government, Judicial, Executive, and Legislative. I made these branches to be used as Checks and Balances to keep the government in check.

Madison Paynter (Wollstonecraft)

I was born April 27th, 1959 in Spitalfields, United Kingdom. My parents had many children, I was the second oldest out of all of them. My father, Edward John, often moved the family to different cities because his lack of a job. He was very abusive towards my mother, Elizabeth. When I grew up i became a historian, novelist, philosopher and famous for my book, A Vindication of the Rights of Women, in 1792. 

John Locke (joe madden) 


Hello my name is John Locke I am a philosopher from England during the enlightenment period. I was born on august 29, 1632  and I was known as the father of  classical liberalism. I believe everyone is born innocent and gains knowledge through experience .

Montesquieu(Matt Wray)

Hi my name is Montesquieu I am a philosopher back in France in the year 1721. I was born on 18 January 1689 in Chateau de la Brede and was born into nobility. In my early life i went through a lot of governmental changes and I like to think I had some effect on the people of my time. I was a fairly well known writer who wrote multitudes of books including Lettres persanes and De L'Esprit des Lois. All had to to deal with the government. You see I believed very strongly that no man should be afraid of the other so i thought of a government with three wings or three parts where no one part is stronger than the other.

Thomas Hobbes (Nick Andreozzi)

Hello,  my name is Thomas Hobbes. I was born on April 5, 1588 amd died on December 4, 1679. I am the author and writer of the Leviathan, which is known as one of the earliest and most influencial examples of Social Contract. I believe in an absolute monarchy, and thst one person should rule at sll times. I believe that all people were born evil, and that they wanted complete control. He thought that they were all selfish, and self-centered. Later on throughout my life, I gained a reputation in many academic fields like Geometry, Translation, and the Law. I was also known for his religious writings in disputes. I am one of the originater of the philossophies.

Hobbes

Hobbes (Leda Vargas)- I was born April 5th 1588 in Wiltshire, England and died of a stroke December 4th 1679. I am one of the founders of modern political philosophy and the champion of absolutism for the sovereign. I developed some fundamentals of European liberal thought such as the right of the individual and natural equality of all men. I have studied physics, history, and geometry in addition to political philosophy. I'm most famous for the Leviathan. I believe that all legitimate power must be based on the consent of the people.

Voltaire (Kiley Anderson)

Hello. My name is Francois-Marie Arouet, or more commonly known as Voltaire. I was born in Paris on November 21st 1694, and I lived until May of 1778. I was the youngest of five children in my family. My life was filled with many exciting things during the French Revolution. I was able to put fourth my opinions about what was going on around me during this time through writing. I am famous for writing poems, plays, novels, essays, as well as being a historian and a philosopher. I found a way to use my humor and wit in my sarcastic pieces, and this sometimes had me in trouble with the strict censorship laws at the time. I had a huge impact on the French Revolution, if I do say so myself.

Rousseau (Dan O'Hara)
Hello I am Jean-Jacques Rousseau. I am a philosopher, writer, and composer. I was born on June 28, 1712 in Genovea, Switzerland. My political influence greatly influenced the french revolution and developed modern political, sociological, and educational thought. One of my most famous works is "The social Contract." 

Voltarie

Voltaire (Benny Hayes)- My name is Francois-Marie Arouet, also known as Voltaire. I lived from 1694 until 1778 and was born in Paris, France. At the age of ten, I began learning at the College Luis-le-Grand in Paris. As I grew older I began turning my writing into very sarcastic works. I criticized the the Catholic Church in my writings. As not only a writer but also a philosopher I believed that people should have freedom of religion, speech, and thought. I believed people should be able to express themselves and not be held back by the church and state.

Wollstonecraft (Garrett Elderkin)- I was born in 1759 and lived until 1797. As a child I was brought up by an abusive father and dedicated my life to writing. I was a translator for Joseph Johnson, a publisher of radical texts. My most famous work is "A Vindication of the Rights of Woman". I am a feminist writer who used my ifluential status as a writer to get woman equal rights as men, my main goal was to get girls an equal educations as boys.

Hobbes (Jordyn Fabiano)

Hobbes - (Jordyn Fabiano) My name is Thomas Hobbes. I was born on April 5, 1588 and died on December 4, 1679. Not only am I an author of Leviathan, but I also the founder of modern philosophy. I also contributed to the study of history, geometry, and the physics of gasses. I developed some of the components of European liberal thought: the right of the individual; the natural equality of all men; the artificial character of the political order; the view that all legitimate political power must be "representative" and based on the consent of the people; and a liberal interpretation of law which leaves people free to do things that are within the law. I believe in the sovereign being.

Rousseau (Nicole Grady) My name is Jean-Jacques Rousseau. I was born on June 28, 1712 and died on July 2, 1778. Not only am I an author of The Social Contract, but I also am a striving musician. my philosophies influenced The French Revolution as well as the thoughts on things like education, politics, and sociology. I tabula rasa; that everyone is born with a clean slate. I believe that it is society that corrupts the innocent children. I put my faith into the general will of the people. I also think that society puts too many limitations on the behavior of individuals.

Voltaire (K.Ellis)- I lived from 1694 until 1778. My true name is not Voltaire, I was once called Francios-Marie Arouet. When i was ten years of age, I began to write and I was receiving an education in Paris. While I wrote about different subjects, I became very sarcastic in my writing. This led me to become exiled to Tulle in my twenty first year. I was exiled because I mocked the regent orleans. But I quickly returned back to Paris two years after. I was again exiled to Bastille, this time for a year because I wrote libelous poetry. I did a few more things in my life before i died, but they are not that exciting.

First Assignment

Please introduce yourself.  Be sure to include your name, time period, brief biography and general belief structure.

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