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this enlightenment thinker proposed that people should choose their rulers and could remove them if they were unfair, challenging the idea of divine right. who was this thinker?
adam smith
jean-jacques rousseau
voltaire
thomas hobbes
Adam Smith focused on economic theory (invisible hand). Voltaire emphasized religious tolerance and free speech. Thomas Hobbes argued for an absolute sovereign. Jean-Jacques Rousseau proposed the social contract, where people consent to their rulers and have the right to remove unfair ones, directly challenging divine right of kings.
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau