HISTORY
ABSOLUTISM AND REVOLUTION
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The philosophes wanted a government run by the people
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Women believes enlightenment should be for both men and women
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Adam Smith said people could not make their own economic decisions
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Voltaire wanted people to freely worship and freely speak
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Detailed explanation-1: -Adam Smith was among the first philosophers of his time to declare that wealth is created through productive labor, and that self-interest motivates people to put their resources to the best use. He argued that profits flowed from capital investments, and that capital gets directed to where the most profit can be made.
Detailed explanation-2: -Abstract. Adam Smith completely rejected Utilitarianism in any form in his lifetime in his two major books, the Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759) and The Wealth of Nations (1776).
Detailed explanation-3: -Adam Smith is considered an enlightenment thinker because of the influence of his childhood on his thinkings, of his ability to show rationalism and empiricism and how he disagreed and agreed with many enlightenment thinkers.
Detailed explanation-4: -In reality, Smith was one of the greatest figures of the Scottish Enlightenment, a disciple of David Hume, and a profound philosopher of human nature and social order.