Jean-Jacques Rousseau gave Jefferson the idea that a "well regulated militia as essential to liberty" and Charles de Secondat, baron de Montesquieu (known simply as "Montesquieu"), gave the Founding Fathers the concept of "the separation of powers" found in the US Constitution.
François Voltaire is perhaps the most famous of French philosophers from this time period. His witty writings on civil liberties advocated separation of church and state, free trade, and freedom of religion. Also important was Charles Montesquieu, whose theory of separation of powers is implemented in constitutions throughout the world. Francois Quesnay, a French economist and Denis Diderot, an Enlightenment writer, also contributed to the ideas of the French Revolution, just to name a few.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau (28 June 1712 - 2 July 1778) was a major Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer of 18th-century Romanticism. His political philosophy heavily influenced the French Revolution, as well as the overall development of modern political, sociological and educational thought.
His Discourse on the Origin of Inequality and his On the Social Contract are cornerstones in modern political and social thought and make a strong case for democratic government and social empowerment.
Rousseau was also a successful composer and made important contributions to music as a theorist. During the period of the French Revolution, Rousseau was the most popular of the philosophes among members of the Jacobin Club. He was interred as a national hero in the Panthéon in Paris, in 1794, 16 years after his death.
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Jefferson gave a philosophy of government by John Locke for the Declaration of Independence. It wasn't reasons, but established a type of thinking.
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Saint Augustine was influenced by the philosophy of Neoplatonism, especially the teachings of Plotinus. Neoplatonism shaped Augustine's understanding of metaphysics, ethics, and the nature of the divine.
The authors of the Declaration of Independence argued against taxation without representation and for religious freedom.
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His schooling. Schools at that time spent a lot of time teaching Latin and studying texts written by such authors as Ovid, Terence, Plautus, Seneca, and Plutarch. All of these authors strongly influenced Shakespeare.
Hitler was known to have been influenced by the works of English author Houston Stewart Chamberlain, who wrote about the purported superiority of the Aryan race. American authors like Henry Ford, whose anti-Semitic views were reflected in his writings, also influenced Hitler through their xenophobic and nationalistic ideologies.
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Richard Matheson (I Am Legend, Hell House) influenced him most as a writer. The absence of his father as a child has also influenced his work, it's very evident if you read most of his novels. His characters are presumably a reflection of himself (like most authors), but his past of alcoholism and drug abuse has influenced him to lay everything out on the table. It's not a preferred route to travel as a writer, but that's the way King got through his troubles, by putting it on paper.
Some authors who have influenced Lois Lowry include William Faulkner, J.D. Salinger, and Virginia Woolf. She has cited their unique storytelling styles and exploration of complex themes as inspirations for her own writing.