Monday, September 30, 2013

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. 

Sunday, September 29, 2013

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 .

Friday, September 27, 2013

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.

Thursday, September 26, 2013

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.