PPT-Historical Introduction to the Age of Reason - Abridged

The following information is gleaned from pages 407 426 of Elements of Literature and beyond An Age of Many Names The time period from 1660 to 1800 is a time of many different names No one name was enough sufficient because so many different things were going on at the time. II The abridged prospectus shall be printed in a font size which shall not be visually smaller than Times New Roman size 10 III The order in which items appear in the abridged prospectus shall correspond wherever applicable to the order in which ite 1750-1800. Representative Government . The idea of representative government was in keeping with the long-standing English traditions of limiting royal power.. Natural Rights. The writings of British philosopher John Locke profoundly influenced America's founding fathers and 18th century thought. Locke justified limiting royal authority and proposed that all human beings have natural rights and are entitled to political and economic freedom regardless of birth. . . Reason. Puritans and the Founding Fathers. Believers become Thinkers. Power . Vocab. Age of Faith:. . Age of Reason:. colonialism free will. f. aith reason. predestination. . parallel structure. ‘Two extravagances: to exclude reason, to admit only reason.’. Blaise. Pascal, 1623-62. Thanks to Richard van de . Lagemaat. , Theory of Knowledge for the IB Diploma, . Cambridge University Press. History?. WHAT?. WHY?. HOW?. How do we decide what and whose stories to tell?. Historical Significance. Events of History Timeline. Activity #1. Results in a . Change. Reveals. something about the past or the future. I. Scientific Discoveries. Scientific Discoveries. Two principal authorities during the Middle Ages:. Ancient philosophers. Church tradition. The Scientific Method. Recognize the inadequacy of existing knowledge to explain a given question.. Space is something absolutely uniform, and without the things placed in it, one point of space absolutely does not differ in anything from another point of space.. Now, from hence it follows (supposing space to be something in itself, besides the order of bodies among themselves) that it is impossible there should be a reason why God, preserving the same situations of bodies among themselves, should have placed them in space after one certain particular manner and not otherwise—why everything was not placed the quite contrary way, for instance, by changing east into west. . 1. Faith . in natural goodness - a human is born without taint or sin; the concept of . tabula rasa.  or blank . slate. 2. . Perfectibility of a human being - it is possible to improve situations of birth, economy, society, and religion. What is Historical Fiction?. Historical fiction is fiction set in the past. It contains a rich mixture of fact and fiction. . . What is Historical Fiction?. Through novels and short stories, an author may combine factual information about time, place, events, and real people of the period with fictional characters, dialogue, and details.. For . October . 10. th. . What is a horoscope?. A horoscope is similar to a tarot card reading. “Special professionals” look at the stars, interpret them and give you advice for the day.. Of course this is not a “science.” It is meant just for fun, and of course, practice for English.. Ch. 18 answer key. In Search of Natural Laws. What two things did Newton’s laws show?. Newton’s laws showed that with good information people can correctly predict the movement of any falling object on Earth and they can predict the movement of the moon and the planets.. Second Reason. : Humans matter more than animals because only humans are self-aware (or have the potential for self-awareness).. The fact that the human being can have the representation “I” raises him infinitely above all the other beings on earth. By this he is a person....that is, a being altogether different in rank and dignity from things, such as irrational animals, with which one may deal and dispose at one's discretion.. History. : Politics, Dates, . Individuals. Culture: Social Customs and traditions. Geography: Topography, weather, flora, fauna.. This would include: Dress, food, homes, weddings, funerals, dance, mourning, tools, literature, war, etiquette, agriculture, employment, taxation, religion, holidays, economics, etc.. Percentage of Total NSF . Research . Funding. YEAR: 2008. Research for a reason.. CHARTS AND VISUALIZATIONS. Incoming Freshman Average ACT Scores – UL Lafayette. 1999-2009. Research for a reason.. CHARTS AND VISUALIZATIONS.