PPT-The Age of Enlightenment

Enlightenment Key Ideas Rationalism All truths must be arrived at through logical critical thinking and none should be accepted on faith or authority alone Science Scientific methods could be used to examine the human world as well as the natural world to discover the laws of human society as they had discovered the laws of the physical world. Dr. Charles Walton. History 172 – Modern France. Sapere. . Aude. !. Dare to know!. Immanuel . Kant (1784). Kant. Enlightenment is man’s release from self-incurred tutelage.. ‘One day, thinking like Bossuet. What exciting conclusion did philosophers reach during the Enlightenment?. . Reason. could be used to solve all human problems.. Thomas Hobbes. . •English thinker, wrote views of government in . Text pages 518-525. World History Standard 13- Examine the intellectual, political, social, and economic factors that changed the world view of Europeans. . b. Identify the major ideas of the Enlightenment from the writings of Locke, Voltaire, and Rousseau and their relationship to politics & society. . The Power of Ideas and Thought: 18. th. Century Salon. During the 16. th. and 17. th. century, European scientists used reason to discover laws of nature-. Copernicus, Galileo, Newton. In the early 1700’s Europeans began to wonder about reason, specifically, if people used reason to find laws that governed the physical world, why not use reason to discover natural laws- . Social Studies for 9. th. E.G.B.. Teacher: Mauricio Torres. Pens to Inspire Revolution. “No man has received from nature the right to give orders to others. Freedom is a gift from heaven, and every individual of the same species has the right to enjoy it as soon as he is in enjoyment of his reason” . Lecture 2: . Historiography 2014/15. Immanuel Kant, 1724-1804 . ‘. Enlightenment is mankind’s exit from self-incurred immaturity. . . Immaturity. is the inability to make use of one’s own understanding without the guidance of another. Self-incurred is the inability if its cause lies not in the lack of understanding but rather in the lack of the resolution and the courage to use it without the guidance of another. . The Enlightenment and the Great Awakening. Late 1600s-1700s: An intellectual movement known as the Enlightenment began in Europe. Later a religious movement known as the Great Awakening started in the Colonies . Prof Mark Knights. Key questions. Why is it important for modernists to understand the Enlightenment? . What was its legacy and why is that legacy a controversial one? . Isms. : liberalism, socialism, . “The Enlightenment is a belief in the ability of the human mind and human enterprise to change the political, social, and economic framework of the world for the better”. Begins with Scientific Revolution; Questioning the world around. . What were the results of Renaissance thoughts and theories. Before the Revolution. All ideas of science came from the Greeks & Bible. With new inventions came new ideas. . The Scientific Revolution= people discovering new theories about science. Chapter 5 section 2. Define the terms below:. Censorship. Salon. Enlightened despot. Baroque. R. ococo. Enlightenment Ideas Spread . Read Setting the Scene on page 149 as well as the Global Connections section. AP Euro. Unit 4.1. I. The Scientific Revolution. Medieval view of the world. . 1. Primarily religious and theological. . 2. Political theory based on “divine right”. . 3. Society governed by Church views and practices. By: Irmarie Alvira & . Aja. Goode. AP World History. October 5, 2010. Age of Enlightenment. 1. Who: Philosophical rationalists René Descartes and Baruch Spinoza, political philosophers Thomas Hobbes and John Locke, and skeptical thinkers in France such as Pierre Bayle. Enlightenment Thinkers Enlightenment Thinker . List his/her country and areas of interest underneath the name. Summarize… . 1. …each person’s philosophy/beliefs . 2. …how this philosopher influenced the creation of America and its government .