PPT-The Enlightenment

Sapere Aude Dare to know Immanuel Kant 1784 One day Bossuet The next Voltaire Bishop Bossuet Politics drawn from Holy Scripture late 17 th c The grounds of authority God Bible King. 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 . 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, conservatism, romanticism, fascism, colonialism, . 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- . 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. . John Locke. 3 concepts of . gov’t. :. Consent of the . goverened. a social contract between a fair . gov’t. & responsible citizens. right to revolution. Locke believed Property was the most . 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. 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, . 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. Thomas Hobbes. Leviathan. all humans were naturally selfish and wicked.. Idea of social contract. People give up their rights to a strong ruler in exchange for law and order. His idea of a perfect government was what then?. 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.