This was a movement emphasizing science and reason. A: What is Enlightenment?
What is enlightenment
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Tenets of the Enlightenment Role of Reason Origins Guardians of the Enlightenment Role of France Worldview
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What is Enlightenment?
“Sapere Aude”
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The Enlightenment stressed that Reason could cure mankind of all past injustices.
In such a new world a perfect society was almost insured.
Through reason man could discover the Natural Laws that regulated society.
Once that is done man can reach Progress that would guarantee human betterment.
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England
Newton
Locke
Glorious Revolution
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Men can use their powers of reason to free themselves of problems
Reason for yourself.
Rationality – thinking things through, action without emotion
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Scientific: The key players
in this were Descartes, Bacon, and Newton.
Shows influence of scientific thought
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Sought to use mathematics as a language of universal precision.
Systematic Doubt: Question everything
Logical analysis. Strict progression
of synthesis. Tries to save
Christianity with logic
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Newton’s Principia was published in Latin in 1687.
Argues universe worked according to fixed natural laws.
He saw the world as a great mechanical work of God.
"Nature and Nature's Laws lay hid in night;God said, 'Let Newton be!' -- And all was light."
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Work of Newton, Bacon, Descartes, highlights natural laws, therefore God must work through natural laws.
Religion, therefore should be rational No mysteries No superstitions No miracles Which church is this really aimed at?
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Logical extent of rationalized religion. God is the creative force in the universe,
deny “revealed religion” Mechanistic universe – God created
universe, but is uninvolved in man’s affairs
Therefore all Christian religions have it wrong
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The intellectuals who adopted this position were called Philosophes.
Most, but not all were French.
Few were Philosophers in the strict sense of the term.
The philosophes were social critics, publicists, political scientists, economists, and social reformers.
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Reason/Logic Rationalism Empiricism Tolerance Skepticism Deism Light Modern
Tradition/Superstition
Nostalgia for the past
Religion Irrationality Emotion Darkness Pre-modern/
medieval
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Philosophes critique French society and monarchy
In Politics, three main philosophes are Montesquieu Voltaire Rousseau
Agriculture/Botany: Physiocrats
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Debate about the world takes place within the public sphere, at coffee houses & salons
Written about in pamphlets, newspapers, broad sides
Ideology of the Enlightenment comes to dominate European Milieu