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EUROPEAN HISTORY AS “ONE OF THEM” FROM 1648-1945

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  • Thomas Hobbes

    Thomas Hobbes
    Sorell, Tom. "Thomas Hobbes:English Philosopher."Last Modified October 30, 2014. http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/268448/Thomas-Hobbes. "Encyclopaedia Britannica."Accessed March 25, 2015. Thomas hobbes was a English philosopher and scientist, educated at the University of Oxford during the European era of absolutism. One of his most admired works is The Leviathan, as Hobbes depicts the power of the absolutist European states through a social contract theory.

  • Montesquieu

    Montesquieu
    Shackleton, Robet."Montesquieu."Last modified October 30, 2014.www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/390782/Montesquieu."Encyclopaedia Britannica." 3-25-2015. Charles-Louis de Secondat was a French political philosopher during the period of the high enlightenment. He attended the well renoune school, College de Juilly. His enlightenment education is seen through his, "The Spirit of Laws", as he illustrates the nature of the ideal state and the application of scientific principles to the state.

  • Adam Smith

    Adam Smith
    Heilbroner, L.Robert."Adam Smith."Last modified 11-23-2014.www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/549630/Adam-Smith."Encyclopaedia Britannica."3-25-2015. A scottish philosopher and political economist, recognized for his theory of the political economy in his "The Nature and Causes of the Wealtk of Nations". He describes a economic system of perfect liberty, where the invisible hand regulates the economy.

  • Claude Henri de Saint-Simon

    Claude Henri de Saint-Simon
    Encyclopaedia Britannica. "Henri de Saint-Simon." www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/518228/Henri-de-Saint-Simon. 3-25-2015. A french theorist and one of the leading innovators of Christian and utopian socialism. He was born to an impoverished aristocratic French family and spent the majority of his life in this economic state. He envisioned a society with new social and political institutions, powered by science and technology.

  • Max Weber

    Max Weber
    Miztman, Arthur."Max Weber."Last modified 11-6-2014. www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/638565/Max-Weber. "Encyclopaedia Britannica."3-25-2015. German sociologist and political economist, born in Prussia. The scholar attended the University of Hiedelberg after having completed military service at Strassburg. His most significant work arose after World War I, as he explains the German loss of the Great War as a result of an institutionalized problem.

  • Adolf Hitler

    Adolf Hitler
    Lukacs, John. "Adolf Hitler." Last modified 11-9-2014.www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/267992/Adolf-Hitler."Encyclopaedia Britannica."3-25-2015. The leader of the National Socialist party of Germany. He was born to a German family in the city of Berlin and is widely known for his role in World War II. His philosophy of National Socialism is expressed throughout his political works, "Mein Kampf". He expresses the racist ideology implemented throughout his reign in Germany's Third Reich.