The Enlightenment

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The Enlightenment

• Benji, Katya Bendix

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Part One

• From Scientific Advancement to Intellectual
  Revolution

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Deism

• Philosophy
• Four Precepts
• Orderly Universe

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The Philosophes

• Optimists
• Expected knowledge to move forward
• Theory of Progress

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Contemporary Enlightenment Ideas

• Sovereignty and Popular Sovereignty
• Individual Freedom
• Political Legal Equality

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John Locke(1632 - 1704)

• English Philosopher
• Natural Law Rights
• Tabula Rasa

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Baron de Montesquieu(1689 - 1755)

• French
• Privileges of Aristocracy
• Balance of Power

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de/0016/m502004_87ee145_p.jpggt.
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Voltaire(1694 - 1778)

• French
• Checks and Balances
• Democracy
• Exile

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Jean-Jacques Rousseau(1712-1778)

• Discourses on the Sciences and the Arts
• Social Contract
• Calvinist/ Philosophe

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Adam Smith(1723 - 1790)

• Scottish Economist
• Supply and Demand
• Invisible Hand

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     kress/kress_img/adam_smith2.jpggt.
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Part Two

• Womens Rights

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Mary Astell(1666 - 1731)

• Writings
• Education
• Marriage

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l.jpggt.
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Mary Wollstonecraft(1759 - 1797)

• English Feminist
• A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
• Education for Women

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Troy/1396/      marybio.htmlgt.
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Role of Women in Revolutions

• Some supported men, some more active
• March to Versailles
• French Revolution Womens Rights

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Conclusion

• Intellectual Movement
• Weakened church
• Decisions based on logic
• Advancement of Society

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