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Modern World History: Unit 1: Enlightenment & Social Movements

European Enlightenment Salon-- Thinkers and Rulers

Jeremy Bentham:

Britannica (encyclopedia)

Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy 

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (advanced reading)

Thomas Hobbes:
Biography.com (website)

Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy (somewhat advanced)

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (advanced reading)

John Locke:

Britannica (encyclopedia)

Essential John Locke: Who Was John Locke? (video)

Essential John Locke: Purpose of Government (video)

History.com (website) (basic overview)

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (advanced reading)

Baron Charles Louis Montesquieu:   

Biography.com (website)

Britannica (encyclopedia)

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (advanced reading)

Tom Richey (video)

JJ Rousseau:

Biography.com (website)

Greatthinkers.org (website)

Britannica (encyclopedia)

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (advanced reading)

Voltaire:

School of Life (video)

Biography.com (website)

History.com (website)

Britannica (encyclopedia)

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (advanced reading)

Mary Wollstonecraft:

Biography.com (website)

Britannica (encyclopedia)

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (advanced reading)

Political Philosophy (video)

Black & African American Thinkers