the enlightenment
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The Enlightenment. The Enlightenment. Main Idea European thinkers developed new ideas about government and society during the Enlightenment. Reading Focus How was the Enlightenment influenced by reason? What new views did philosophers have about government? - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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The Enlightenment
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Reading Focus• How was the Enlightenment influenced by reason?• What new views did philosophers have about government?• What new views did philosophers have about society?• How did Enlightenment spread?
Main Idea
European thinkers developed new ideas about government and society during the Enlightenment.
The Enlightenment
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What is Reason?Reason is a term that refers to the capacity human beings have to make sense of things, to establish and verify facts and to change or justify practices, institutions, and beliefs
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The Age of Reason
Scientific Revolution convinced many European thinkers about power of reason • Scientific method and reason led to discoveries about
physical world • Wondered if reason could be used to study human
nature, society– New generation of philosophers, 1600s– Viewed reason as best way to understand truth– Concluded reason could be used to solve all human
problems– This time of optimism now called the Enlightenment
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Intellectual Movement
• During the 18th century, certain thinkers and writers, primarily in London and Paris, believed that they were more enlightened than their compatriots and set out to enlighten them.
Voltaire
Locke Diderot
Rousseau
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• Educated people throughout Europe and beyond were inspired
• Held notion that world problems could be solved • New ideas debated in coffeehouses, public
spaces• Writers published ideas in books, magazines,
pamphlets
Ideas of Enlightenment
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• Reached peak in 1700s• Paris, center of intellectual
activity• Parisian women hosted
social gatherings, salons• Philosophers, artists,
scientists, writers regularly discussed ideas
Peak of Enlightenment
The Age of Reason
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Find the Main Idea
What exciting conclusion did philosophers reach during the Enlightenment?
Answer(s): Reason could be used to solve all human problems.
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View of Government, Society• Believed government should work for common good, not wealthy
few• Individuals should give up some freedoms for benefit of community • Despised (hated) inequality in society• Views inspired revolutionaries in years to come
Jean-Jacques Rousseau• French philosopher, believed people are basically good• Believed society corrupted people• Wrote The Social Contract, contract between all members of society
and their government.
New Views on Government
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Social Contract ExplainedIn The Social Contract, Rousseau explained his political theories, which would later influence the writers of the United States Constitution as well as the leaders of the French Revolution. "Man is born free, and he is everywhere in chains." Because humans are corrupted by society, all people must enter into a social contract that requires people to recognize a collective "good will," which represents the common good or public interest. All citizens should participate and should be committed to the good of all, even if it is not in their personal best interest. He believed that living for the common good promotes liberty and equality.
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As the Enlightenment began, European thinkers began looking for ways to apply reason in order to improve the human condition.
•English thinker, wrote views of government in Leviathan
•Absolute monarchy best•Believed people needed
government to impose order– People selfish, greedy– Should exchange some
freedoms for peace, safety, order
– Social contract
Thomas Hobbes
• English philosopher, believed all people born equal
• Government should protect people’s natural rights– Monarchs not chosen by
God– Government by consent– Power limited by laws– Ideas foundation for
modern democracy
John Locke
New Views on Government
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Make Inferences
Why was the subject of government so important to Hobbes, Locke, and Rousseau?
Answer(s): Each philosopher had strong opinions about the power and purpose of government.
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Draw Conclusions
How successful were the reforms of the enlightened despots?
Answer(s): They were successful but limited by political opposition.
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1. What was the enlightenment? (hint: European thinkers developed new ideas about what?)
2. What could be used to solve all human problems?3. In which two cities did the enlightenment begin?4. What did these thinkers believe?5. Did these thinkers publish their ideas? If so, where?6. Where was the center of intellectual activity?7. According to Rousseau, what corrupted people?8. What did Rousseau write?9. What did Rousseau believe about the government?10.What did Rousseau despise (hate)?11.What is the social contract?12.What does "Man is born free, and he is everywhere in chains" mean?13.What book did Thomas Hobbes write?14.Which government did Hobbes think was the most efficient way to govern?15.According to Hobbes what were the three reasons people needed
government?16.What did John Locke believe about people? They are all born___________17.Locke believed power should be limited by what?