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By Jason Cha
1. Benjamin Franklin
• He was a statesman, public leader, and a
scientist where he contributed a huge part
of many things that lead to many good
things.
2. Francis Bacon
• Studied the direct and indirect reasoning
which gave a huge impact to scientist
about discovering new ideas.
3. Thomas Hobbes
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He was another founder of
theEnlightenment along with Locke. He
founded Western political philosophy and
looked over the social contract.
4. John Locke
• His idea is like the mother of democracy
(he started the idea) and He was the first
enlightenment thinker also influenced
ideas of other thinkers.
5. Isaac Newton
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Newton’s Law motion which effects a lot
to math and science. Still, people use his
ideas for many things.
6. Adam Smith
• He was an economist that his idea
influenced a lot to the economy and his
idea was the wealth of nations that it
shows what is beneficial to the nations and
all.
7. Montesquieu
• His theory of the separation of powers of
the government set a foundation for
nowadays government justice, efficiency,
and equality.
8.Johannes Kepler: He started the foundation for Newton’s ideas of gravity and
physics.
9. Galileo Galilei: He was a guy who went against the church and told everyone that
the sun was the center of the universe not the earth.
10. Mary Wollstonecraft: She believed that woman were as equal as man are.
11. Thomas Paine: He wanted the government of democracy in United States and also
helped gain independence from Britain.
12. Anna Bijns: She also believed in woman’s rights and went against getting married.
13. Charles Darwin: He discovered the theory of evolution. Darwin discovered natural
selection and his discoveries explain the origin of humans.
14. Maria Sibylla Merian: She was a woman scientist.
15. Jean Jacques Rousseau: He founded the idea of republicanism.
16. Voltaire: He helped to come up with ideas for social reforms.
17. Joseph Haydn: Haydn was a very important musician. He was the “Father” in the
music society.
18. G.F. Handel: He was the first great musician and his music influenced all of the
other’s.
19. W.A. Mozart: He composed many classics which later influenced others to
compose like him.
20. Ludwig von Beethoven: A composer like Mozart very famous, but was not original.