PPT-Enlightenment Thought

Dr Charles Walton History 172 Modern France Sapere Aude Dare to know Immanuel Kant 1784 Kant Enlightenment is mans release from selfincurred tutelage One day thinking like Bossuet. 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. . Enlightenment (Age of Reason). Enlightenment thinkers believed that human progress was possible through:. the application of scientific . knowledge. & . reason. to the issues of . law. & . 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- . Enlightenment. is man's emergence from his self-imposed . mental immaturity. . This immaturity is . the inability to use one's own understanding without another's guidance. . This immaturity is . self-imposed if its cause lies not in lack of understanding but in indecision and . Jonathan . Dewald. , . Europe 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World. Peter Hamilton. , ‘The Enlightenment and the Birth of Social Science’. Chris Harman, . A People’s History of the World. Enlightenment . In . the early 1700s revolutions in both religious and nonreligious thought . transformed . the Western world. These . movements . began in Europe and affected life in the American colonies. . 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. Part 1. Enlightenment. Can Christians accept the Enlightenment, steeped as it was in Deism and denial of Christian tenants? . Should . we use our minds at all if we are fallen creatures incapable of achieving salvation at all? . To what extent did the Enlightenment express. . optimistic ideas in the 18. th. century Europe?. Age of Reason. period between the publication of Newton’s ideas in 1687 and the death of Louis XIV in 1715.. Vanessa Eata. Period 5. 2008 – Analyze the ways in which the events of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic period (1789-1815) led people to challenge Enlightenment views of society, politics, and human nature. 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 . Century Thought and Culture. Hallmarks of the Enlightenment. Notions of natural law and human reason. Combination of skepticism and confidence in the power of reason. The idea of progress, and that progress was underway. Became explicit in enlightenment thought. EQ: Why are current day Pop Stars most likely not members of The Illuminati?. Bellringer. # . 3/11/14. When you see these people what are the first five words that come to your mind?. Better Yet……. Even though there are many biographical accounts of Hui-neng written by his followers, we still do not have historically reliable resources on his life. For example, we are not sure if Hui-neng was a