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1 1 James Simpson English Department Harvard University KEY WORDS Iconoclasm art gallery museums iconoclastic aesthetics Kant Calvin ABSTRACT The Enlightenment would seem to prize and protect. What was the Enlightenment?. The Enlightenment. A. philosophical movement of the 18th century (1700s), in which philosophers began to apply . reason. and the . scientific method . to all aspects of . 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 Scientific Revolution. Rachel Nostrant & Kenneth King. The Enlightenment- The 5W’s. What: the intellectual movement of the 17. th. and 18. th. centuries marked by a celebration of the powers of the human reason, a keen interest in science, the promotion of religious toleration, desire to construct governments free of tyranny.. Brain Warm-up!. “The concept of iconoclasm entails a contestation over – and destruction of- images coinciding with a belief in the fallacious nature of their representation. The objection to the representation can stem from any number of factors – disagreement over the truth of the representation’s referent, with the manner in which the referent is depicted, etc. . 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. 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 . 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. Next to each statement, write:. SA. if you Strongly Agree. A. if you Agree. D. if you Disagree. SD. if you Strongly Disagree. The Enlightenment. 1651-1794. Enlightenment. A European intellectual movement . 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. Do now: MC on . Enlightened response. To absolutism and then. EAT IT . on back. Absolute strengths. Absolute Weaknesses. Divine right made populace obedient out of fear. Enlightened despots provided some rights to individuals to keep them happy. Lecture 2: . Historiography 2018/19. The question of human agency and human experience? . The question of historical change and what causes change?. The question of scale. The relationship between ‘particulars’ and ‘universals’ or, to frame it otherwise, between historical ‘facts’ and their wider meaning. .