PPT-The Enlightenment The Age of Reason

MAIN IDEAS and INTRODUCTION BIG PICTURE Applying the scientific method to their PHYSICAL WORLD Enlightenment thinkers or philosophes reexamined ALL aspects of SOCIETY from government and justice to religion and womens rights . 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. Lesson 3.2. Knight’s Charge. What is the difference between an Absolute Monarchy and a Limited Monarchy?. What were the two sides of the English civil war called?. Did people like King James I? Why or why not?. 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” . Enlightenment and Modernity. 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, . 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, . Knights. Two lectures. 1: What was the Enlightenment? What did it think it was challenging? What was its scope? What aspects of life did it want to shape or influence? So, . how the Enlightenment saw itself. th. and 18. th. centuries who called themselves rationalists.. Rationalism. -the belief that human beings can arrive at truth by using reason, rather than by relying on the authority of the past, on religious faith, or on intuition.. #3. :. Opposition:. Name ____________________________________________________ Period _________. Thesis. . ______________________________________________. Transition. Word Examples. Support:. Support:. Mrs. Short. Hilliard Davidson High School. World Studies. The Enlightenment. Enlightenment thinkers . believed all institutions should follow natural laws to produce the ideal society.. The . ideas of the Enlightenment . 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 . 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……. 1550-1800. . Chapter 8 in Text – . pages 128 to 147. Chapter 8 – Lesson 1. The Scientific Revolution. The Renaissance - . inspired spirit of _____________; discoveries of ________________ manuscripts led to the realization that ancient scholars often did not _______________; scholars began to question ideas that had been accepted for _____________ of years.