Enlightenment Philosophes Inquiry

List of Questions for each Enlightenment Philosopher:

1. Adam Smith
a. What they studied & where (politics, economics, etc. & country)

b. Important published writings (list 2 major publications)

c. Results of their studies? (Conclusions made, theories created, systems developed, etc.)

d. How results impacted Europe? (Events or changes made as a result of their ideas)

e. How they differed from previous Philosophes? (What made their ideas unique or
revolutionary compared to the past?)

2. ARJ Turgot
a. What they studied & where (politics, economics, etc. & country)

b. Important published writings (list 2 major publications)

c. Results of their studies? (Conclusions made, theories created, systems developed, etc.)

d. How results impacted Europe? (Events or changes made as a result of their ideas)

e. How they differed from previous Philosophes? (What made their ideas unique or
revolutionary compared to the past?)

3. Baron d’ Holback
a. What they studied & where (politics, economics, etc. & country)

b. Important published writings (list 2 major publications)

c. Results of their studies? (Conclusions made, theories created, systems developed, etc.)

d. How results impacted Europe? (Events or changes made as a result of their ideas)

e. How they differed from previous Philosophes? (What made their ideas unique or
revolutionary compared to the past?)

4. Baron Montesquieu
a. What they studied & where (politics, economics, etc. & country)

b. Important published writings (list 2 major publications)

c. Results of their studies? (Conclusions made, theories created, systems developed, etc.)

d. How results impacted Europe? (Events or changes made as a result of their ideas)

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e. How they differed from previous Philosophes? (What made their ideas unique or
revolutionary compared to the past?)

5. Cesare Beccaria
a. What they studied & where (politics, economics, etc. & country)

b. Important published writings (list 2 major publications)

c. Results of their studies? (Conclusions made, theories created, systems developed, etc.)

d. How results impacted Europe? (Events or changes made as a result of their ideas)

e. How they differed from previous Philosophes? (What made their ideas unique or
revolutionary compared to the past?)

6. David Hume
a. What they studied & where (politics, economics, etc. & country)

b. Important published writings (list 2 major publications)

c. Results of their studies? (Conclusions made, theories created, systems developed, etc.)

d. How results impacted Europe? (Events or changes made as a result of their ideas)

e. How they differed from previous Philosophes? (What made their ideas unique or
revolutionary compared to the past?)

7. Denis Diderot
a. What they studied & where (politics, economics, etc. & country)

b. Important published writings (list 2 major publications)

c. Results of their studies? (Conclusions made, theories created, systems developed, etc.)

d. How results impacted Europe? (Events or changes made as a result of their ideas)

e. How they differed from previous Philosophes? (What made their ideas unique or
revolutionary compared to the past?)

8. Emmanuel Kant
a. What they studied & where (politics, economics, etc. & country)

b. Important published writings (list 2 major publications)

c. Results of their studies? (Conclusions made, theories created, systems developed, etc.)

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d. How results impacted Europe? (Events or changes made as a result of their ideas)

e. How they differed from previous Philosophes? (What made their ideas unique or
revolutionary compared to the past?)

9. Francois Quesnay
a. What they studied & where (politics, economics, etc. & country)

b. Important published writings (list 2 major publications)

c. Results of their studies? (Conclusions made, theories created, systems developed, etc.)

d. How results impacted Europe? (Events or changes made as a result of their ideas)

e. How they differed from previous Philosophes? (What made their ideas unique or
revolutionary compared to the past?)

10. Jean-Jacques Rousseau

a. What they studied & where (politics, economics, etc. & country)

b. Important published writings (list 2 major publications)

c. Results of their studies? (Conclusions made, theories created, systems developed, etc.)

d. How results impacted Europe? (Events or changes made as a result of their ideas)

e. How they differed from previous Philosophes? (What made their ideas unique or
revolutionary compared to the past?)

11. John Locke

a. What they studied & where (politics, economics, etc. & country)

b. Important published writings (list 2 major publications)

c. Results of their studies? (Conclusions made, theories created, systems developed, etc.)

d. How results impacted Europe? (Events or changes made as a result of their ideas)

e. How they differed from previous Philosophes? (What made their ideas unique or
revolutionary compared to the past?)

12. Marquis de Condorcet

a. What they studied & where (politics, economics, etc. & country)

b. Important published writings (list 2 major publications)

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c. Results of their studies? (Conclusions made, theories created, systems developed, etc.)

d. How results impacted Europe? (Events or changes made as a result of their ideas)

e. How they differed from previous Philosophes? (What made their ideas unique or
revolutionary compared to the past?)

13. Mary Wollstonecraft

a. What they studied & where (politics, economics, etc. & country)

b. Important published writings (list 2 major publications)

c. Results of their studies? (Conclusions made, theories created, systems developed, etc.)

d. How results impacted Europe? (Events or changes made as a result of their ideas)

e. How they differed from previous Philosophes? (What made their ideas unique or
revolutionary compared to the past?)

14. Olympe de Gouge

a. What they studied & where (politics, economics, etc. & country)

b. Important published writings (list 2 major publications)

c. Results of their studies? (Conclusions made, theories created, systems developed, etc.)

d. How results impacted Europe? (Events or changes made as a result of their ideas)

e. How they differed from previous Philosophes? (What made their ideas unique or
revolutionary compared to the past?)

15. Thomas Hobbes

a. What they studied & where (politics, economics, etc. & country)

b. Important published writings (list 2 major publications)

c. Results of their studies? (Conclusions made, theories created, systems developed, etc.)

d. How results impacted Europe? (Events or changes made as a result of their ideas)

e. How they differed from previous Philosophes? (What made their ideas unique or
revolutionary compared to the past?)

16. Voltaire
a. What they studied & where (politics, economics, etc. & country)

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b. Important published writings (list 2 major publications)

c. Results of their studies? (Conclusions made, theories created, systems developed, etc.)

d. How results impacted Europe? (Events or changes made as a result of their ideas)

e. How they differed from previous Philosophes? (What made their ideas unique or
revolutionary compared to the past?)

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