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 ==Similarities==
 *Both had ideas that went against all other Philosophes

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		+	===Type of Government===
		+	*Voltaire
		+	**Constitutional monarchy
		+	**Distrusted democracy
		+	**Propagated the idiocy of the masses
		+	**He “would rather obey 1 lion then 200 rats of his own species”
		+	*Rousseau
		+	**(Direct) Democracy
		+	**Grew up in Switzerland where adult males had direct vote in a small government
		+	**Distrusted representative democracy
		+	**“any law which the people has not ratified in person, is void”
		+	===Outlook on Life===
		+	*Voltaire
		+	**People too optimistic
		+	**People intolerant of other ideas
		+	**People foolish
		+	*Rousseau
		+	**People want power
		+	**People born good and free
		+	**People who are strong imprison weaker people
		+	===Perfect Society===
		+	*Voltaire
		+	**People must work to make society better
		+	**“Everything happens for the better” is not true
		+	**People must work to perfect society
		+	*Rousseau
		+	**If people lived alone on island, society would be perfect
		+	**Government makes a society less perfect
		+	===Religion===
		+	*Voltaire
		+	**Thought the Church controlled too much
		+	**Wanted religious tolerance for all
		+	*Rousseau
		+	**No view listed
		+	===Book===
		+	*Voltaire
		+	**Candide
		+	**Written under pseudonym and never admitted writing it
		+	**Had a sharp wit, words, and ideas
		+	*Rousseau
		+	**The Social Contract
		+	**People have direct say in government and sign “social contract”
		+	**Said that government should be ruled by the general will of the people
		+	===Their Life===
		+	*Voltaire
		+	**Educated at Louis-le Grand, a Jesuit college
		+	**Frequently in prison or fleeing the country due to brash remarks
		+	**Wrote many books
		+	*Rousseau
		+	**Abandoned during teen years
		+	**Forced apprenticeship to evil engraver
		+	**Sheltered by rich people, who educated him
		+	===Their Dates===
		+	*Voltaire
		+	**Born November 21, 1694 in Paris
		+	**Died in Paris, 1777
		+	**Denied burial at church
		+	**Wrote book in 1759
		+	*Rousseau
		+	**Born in Geneva in 1712
		+	**Died 1778
		+	**Wrote famous book in 1762
		+	===Famous Quotes===
		+	*Voltaire
		+	**“Écrasez l’infâme!”
		+	**Crush the evil thing
		+	**Prejudice = “opinion without judgment”
		+	**Wrote over 70 plays and was good with words
		+	*Rousseau
		+	**“Man was born free, and everywhere he is in chains”
		+	**“Any law which the people has not ratified in person; it is not law at all
		+	==Similarities==
		+	*Both had ideas that went against all other Philosophes
		+	*Wanted people to be free
		+	*Both had traditional views on women
		+	*Spend a lot of time in Paris.

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