| A | B |
| Thomas Hobbes | central authority (absolutism) is needed to control humans |
| Montesquieu | separation of powers is needed to avoid absolutism |
| Rousseau | gov't is contract with people and rulers |
| John Locke | people are sovereign |
| Monarchs NOT chosen by God (no divine right) | Locke |
| wrote The Social Contract | Jean-Jacques Rousseau |
| wrote Two Treatises on Government | John Locke |
| wrote Leviathan | Hobbes |
| wrote Spirit of Laws | Baron de Montesquieu |
| Voltaire | religious toleration over fanaticism (intolerance) |
| separation of church and state | Voltaire |