Enlightenment Thinkers

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• Which Enlightenment thinker argued that legitimate government rests on the consent of the governed and the protection…
• Which principle is most closely associated with Montesquieu's political thought?
• Which work by Voltaire is a satirical critique of optimism and philosophical complacency?
• What was a central aim of Jean-Jacques Rousseau's The Social Contract?
• Match each Enlightenment thinker with the idea most closely associated with him.
• Match each Enlightenment figure with the work associated with him.
• Match each thinker with the position he or she is most associated with during the Enlightenment.
• Match each Enlightenment thinker with the political concept most closely linked to his work.