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THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT: ENLIGHTENMENT THINKERS

Match the following quotes with the
Enlightenment thinkers!
1. "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your
right to say it." Voltaire
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2. It is better to prevent crimes than to punish them."
Cesare beccaria
3. "Nothing on this earth is worth buying at the price of human
blood."
Albert Camus
4. "The divine right of husbands, like the divine right of kings, may, it is
hoped, in this enlightened age, be contested without danger."
Mary Wollstonecraft
S. "Man is born free, but everywhere he is in chains."
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6. "It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong."
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7. "When the legislative and executive powers are united in the
same person... there can be no liberty:
Baron de montesquieu
8. "No man can be judged a criminal until he be found guilty; nor
Baron de Montesquieu
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Rousseau.

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Final answer:

The Age of Enlightenment was marked by the ideas and contributions of various thinkers, and these quotes can be attributed to Voltaire, Cesare Beccaria, Albert Camus, Mary Wollstonecraft, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and Baron de Montesquieu.


Step-by-step explanation:

  1. "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." - Voltaire
  2. "It is better to prevent crimes than to punish them." - Cesare Beccaria
  3. "Nothing on this earth is worth buying at the price of human blood." - Albert Camus
  4. "The divine right of husbands, like the divine right of kings, may, it is hoped, in this enlightened age, be contested without danger." - Mary Wollstonecraft
  5. "Man is born free, but everywhere he is in chains." - Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  6. "It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong." - Voltaire
  7. "When the legislative and executive powers are united in the same person... there can be no liberty." - Baron de Montesquieu
  8. "No man can be judged a criminal until he be found guilty; nor can society take from him the public protection until it has been proved that he has violated the conditions on which it was granted." - Cesare Beccaria

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