Students’ Questions about History Page 10

Voltaire’s influence on American government can be seen in the ideas of freedom of religion and separation of church and state that are enshrined in the Constitution.

He is famous for being one of the smartest people in the world. He is also famous for his work in mathematics and philosophy.

The main difference between Sigmund Freud and the neo-Freudians is that the neo-Freudians expanded on Freud’s ideas and developed new theories.

John Dewey is associated with the Progressive Movement.

Thomas Hobbes believes that people do not have personal freedoms, but instead are subject to the will of the state.

Parmenides is important because he was one of the first philosophers to argue that reality is unchanging and that change is an illusion.

In “Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses,” Louis Althusser argues that Karl Marx’s work is primarily concerned with the analysis of history and the material conditions of economic production.

John Locke believed that humans were innately good, while Thomas Hobbes believed that humans were innately bad.

Thomas Hobbes is known for his work in political philosophy and his 1651 book “Leviathan.”

Thomas Hobbes was born in April 1588 in Westport, Wiltshire, England. He would go on to attend Oxford University and become one of the most influential political philosophers in history.