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This PowerPoint presentation accompaniesCloseup Teaching Unit 6.6.1

Leaders of the Enlightenment 1650-1800,

Leaders of the Enlightenment

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Welcome to the

Enlightenment!

The Enlightenmen

tlasted from about 1650-

1800.

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What was the Enlightenment?

Attitude and method of thought.

Enlightenment: A time when reason

was used to find out truths about human

beings!

“Dare to Know”Immanuel Kant

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Roots of EnlightenmentRenaissance

•Humanism

•Importance of the individual•Rediscovery of classical teaching

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Martin Luther challenged the Catholic Church’s authority and brought on the Protestant Reformation beginning in 1517.

Roots of EnlightenmentReformation

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You mean, I’m not the center of

everything?!

Galileo facing the Roman Inquisition, apainting by Cristiano Banti, 1857

Observation, logic, and reasoning

Questioning beliefs and ideas

Roots of EnlightenmentScientific Revolution

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What was the strongest influence on the Enlightenment?

How did the Enlightenment affect common

citizens?

Wait until you see how it affects

your life!

The Renaissance, Reformation, and Scientific Revolution all contributed with new ways of thinking

and looking at things.

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The End