The Enlightenment The Enlightenment

What does Enlightenment What does Enlightenment mean?mean?

An intellectual movement that An intellectual movement that stresses reason and thought.stresses reason and thought.

The Enlightenment will also be geared The Enlightenment will also be geared for individuals to solve problems.for individuals to solve problems.

Will also be known as the Age of Will also be known as the Age of Reason . Reason .

Main Idea’s Main Idea’s

Will cover, challenge and bring new Will cover, challenge and bring new insight in four categories: insight in four categories: – Government Government – Religion Religion – Economics Economics – Education Education

Key Players Key Players

Some of the key people during the Some of the key people during the Enlightenment wereEnlightenment were– Thomas Hobbs Thomas Hobbs – John LockeJohn Locke– Francois Marie Arouet aka Voltaire Francois Marie Arouet aka Voltaire – Baron de Montesquieu Baron de Montesquieu – Jean Jacques Rousseau Jean Jacques Rousseau – Cesare Bonesana Beccaria Cesare Bonesana Beccaria

Philosophes Philosophes

This is the term for all of these key players This is the term for all of these key players or social critics during the Enlightenment. or social critics during the Enlightenment.

Applied reason to all aspects of life. Applied reason to all aspects of life. They had five concepts for their core of They had five concepts for their core of

beliefs beliefs – ReasonReason– NatureNature– HappinessHappiness– ProgressProgress– Liberty Liberty

Key Player Key Player

Thomas Hobbs Thomas Hobbs – A English political A English political

thinkerthinker

– Social ContractSocial Contract

– Believed in a Believed in a ruler having total ruler having total power. power.

Key PlayerKey Player

John LockeJohn Locke– A English political A English political

thinkerthinker

– Natural RightsNatural Rights

– All people born All people born free and equal free and equal

Key PlayerKey Player

Francois Marie Francois Marie Arouet aka Arouet aka VoltaireVoltaire

– Fought for Fought for tolerance, reason, tolerance, reason, freedom of freedom of religious belief religious belief and freedom of and freedom of speech. speech.

Key PlayerKey Player

Baron de Baron de MontesquieuMontesquieu

– Separation of Separation of PowerPower

– Checks and Checks and BalancesBalances

Key PlayerKey Player

Jean Jacques Jean Jacques RousseauRousseau

– Individual Individual freedom freedom

– Direct Direct Democracy Democracy

Key PlayerKey Player

Cesare Bonesana Cesare Bonesana BeccariaBeccaria

– Justice System Justice System

Women during the Women during the EnlightenmentEnlightenment

Mary WollstonecraftMary Wollstonecraft– Published an Essay for women's rights Published an Essay for women's rights

Mary Astell Mary Astell – Strived for better education for women Strived for better education for women

Emilie du Chatelet Emilie du Chatelet – Translated Isaac Newton’s work Translated Isaac Newton’s work

Long lasting effects of the Long lasting effects of the Enlightenment Enlightenment

The Enlightenment will have three The Enlightenment will have three lasting legacies the first of which will lasting legacies the first of which will bring about a more democratic style bring about a more democratic style of government. of government.

Long term effects continued Long term effects continued

The Enlightenment will also influence The Enlightenment will also influence people to have a more secular or people to have a more secular or non-religious attitude in their life.non-religious attitude in their life.

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Finally the Enlightenment will Finally the Enlightenment will influence people to have more faith influence people to have more faith in themselves and their own abilities. in themselves and their own abilities.

Question of the DayQuestion of the Day

How would you compare the How would you compare the Scientific revolution to the Scientific revolution to the Enlightenment? Enlightenment?