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Hello Darlings. We have quite the show ahead of us today, we’ve reawakened the souls of three of the Renaissance’s most famous Enlightenment thinkers, John Locke, Baron de Montesquieu, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau.

Let’s give these leading men a friendly Oprah welcome. *applause*

Howdy boys, you’re looking quite lovely today. I believe some of our most dedicated viewers sent questions in for you to answer, would you mind?

Alright, onto the first question. So. Some basic facts about yourself. Why not tell our lovely studio audience your name and something interesting about yourself?

Locke

Hey my name is John Locke. I am a great think and writer. I philosophize mainly about the thought of human nature. I wrote the book “Two Treatises if Government.”

Montesquieu

Hello there, how are you today? Well I am Baron de Montesquieu. And

I studied the government of Europe. I can’t seem to find enough books

to read!

Rousseau

My name is Jean-Jacques Rousseau and I was actually born to a poor family. I was never very comfortable when I was with the rest of the “Enlightenment” thinkers, as you call us today. Many thought my beliefs were strange, the fact that I believed that people were born good and free, just that the society of the age corrupted them.

Locke? Montesquieu? Jean-Jacques?

Beautiful, beautiful. What kind of impact did you make on the world? In layman’s terms, why should we remember YOU and not some other guy?

Locke

I made a very large impact actually, because my ideas about government started to echo through Europe. I had the idea that if a government fails its obligations to it people, the people have a right to over through their government. This idea was continuously brought up through history time and time again.

Montesquieu

I felt that the powers of government should be separated into

excusive legislative and judicial branches to prevent any one person or

group from gaining too much power

Rousseau

People should remember me because I created the idea that the political authority should lie with the people. I set the standard for democracy, and I think that I am even known as the champion of democracy in your world today…? I do not know how that came around; I just had an awesome idea.

Montesquieu? Locke? Jean-Jaques?

How would you say your findings, or beliefs, affected the world today? Jean-Jaques? Locke? Montesquieu?

Locke

A had a few beliefs which effects the U.S. today. I believed that all humans have the natural rights of life, liberty, and also property. These first two words are even mentioned in the U.S. Constitution. My other idea mentioned earlier about if a government fails its obligations to its people the people have a right to over through its government, effects the U.S. theoretically. This thought is also stated in the constitution that the people have a right to rebel so that there would not be another man or woman in charge like a “King,” or “Queen,” from Britain.

Montesquieu

If I would have had this though then today I feel that we would

have a ruler that was so powerful and we would be living in a world under

a person and only what he thinks and we wouldn’t have a say in

anything we could do

Rousseau

As I look at the world today, I know that my ideas and beliefs have affected the world greatly today. Many countries have taken after my way of thinking, like countries in Europe, and mainly the U.S. If you compare, the countries that follow the political rule should be in the people’s hands, my beliefs, they are much better off politically and economically.

Well, that’s about all the time we have for today’s show. Join us tomorrow when we discover the culinary secrets of Atilla the Hun, along with a daaaaaaaaarling musical number from Hitler and the nazi-ettes. PEEEEEACE.