The Enlightenment

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The Enlightenment
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Isaac Newton and John Locke

• If nature was rational, society too should be
  organized rationally.

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John Locke

• An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
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• Human nature can be modified, molded

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Religious Toleration

• England allowed all religions except Unitarian
  and Roman Catholic.

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Freedom of the Press and Speech
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Courts Protected Citizens
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Less Regulation in the Economy
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The Emergence of Print Culture

• Increased literacy in Europe.
• Books still expensive, but available through
  libraries
• Authorship becomes a profession

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The Philosophes

• Sought to apply rules of reason, criticism, and
  common sense to all major institutions.

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Voltaire
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Montesquieu
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Diderot
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DAlembert
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Rousseau
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Hume
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Gibbon
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Smith
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Lessing
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Kant
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Spread of the Enlightenment
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Homework

• For the major philosophes of the Enlightenment
  era, identify their works and beliefs.
• You will have to match the philosophes with their
  beliefs and works on Wednesday.