This Map displays how the different religions in the region (mainly Catholicism, Protestants, and Orthodox) influenced the philosophical treatises, education centers, and art. For example, In the more center region of Catholicism, there are more palaces, learning centers, and publications made than in the upper region in the Orthodox region.
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The Enlightenment -By Ann
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Newton's vision of the universe extended beyond just science. His work suggested that rational analysis of human behavior and institutions could lead to fresh insights about the world and humans. They started to drift away from Aristotelian philosophy, Christian authority, and other traditional authorities to rely only on rational analysis. In the same way Newton sought to find the laws that governed gravitation, philosophers sought to discover the laws that governed human society.
Analysis- The more rational style of thinking allowed people to think in a more atheistic view on life in a continent that religion had been a part of for hundreds of years. - Ann |
John Locke
- An English philosopher seeking to identify the principles of phycology and argued human nature came from perceptions
-Often regarded as the founder of a school of thought known as British Empiricism
- Made fundamental contributions to modern theories of limited, liberal government
- Also influential in areas of religious tolerance, theology, and educational theory
- His most important work, "The Essay Concerning Human Understanding" was an analysis of the human mind and it acquisition of knowledge
- Locke's views appealed to people seeking a more representative from of government (useful during American Revolution and lesser extent in French Revolution)
Analysis- Locke's work was important because it accurately described the working of the human mind, and his work lead to major reforms in law and government, even influencing newer government organiations like America's.
-Often regarded as the founder of a school of thought known as British Empiricism
- Made fundamental contributions to modern theories of limited, liberal government
- Also influential in areas of religious tolerance, theology, and educational theory
- His most important work, "The Essay Concerning Human Understanding" was an analysis of the human mind and it acquisition of knowledge
- Locke's views appealed to people seeking a more representative from of government (useful during American Revolution and lesser extent in French Revolution)
Analysis- Locke's work was important because it accurately described the working of the human mind, and his work lead to major reforms in law and government, even influencing newer government organiations like America's.
Montesquie
- Also known as Charles Louis de Scondant
- Sought to establish a science of politics and establish principles that would foster political liberty in a prosperous and stable state.
- US used de Scondat's ideas to build Executive, Judicial, and legislative branches of government
Voltaire
- Born by the name Francois-Marie d'Arouet
- Also wrote plays, stories, and poems as patently philosophical tracts
- He was an outspoken supporter of social reform
- He defended civil liberties, freedom of religion, and and free trade
- Frequently criticized Catholic dogma and French institutions
- vigorous defender of natural science
- Also wrote plays, stories, and poems as patently philosophical tracts
- He was an outspoken supporter of social reform
- He defended civil liberties, freedom of religion, and and free trade
- Frequently criticized Catholic dogma and French institutions
- vigorous defender of natural science
Adam Smith
- He wrote the book "The Wealth of Nations"
- Today he is famous for his explanation of how rational self-interest in a free market economy leads to economic well being
- first major work centralizes on charity and ethics
- Encouraged people to look out for their own welfare, but be respectful to others as well
- argued difference in work compensated differences in pay
- vehemently opposed mercantilism
- promoted laissez-faire capitalism
- Today he is famous for his explanation of how rational self-interest in a free market economy leads to economic well being
- first major work centralizes on charity and ethics
- Encouraged people to look out for their own welfare, but be respectful to others as well
- argued difference in work compensated differences in pay
- vehemently opposed mercantilism
- promoted laissez-faire capitalism
France was the center of Enlightenment
Diesm
- Popular among thinkers of Enlightenment
- They held the belief that powerful god set the universe in motion and established natural laws that govern it, but did not really intervene its affairs
- Ordered the universe according to rational and natural laws.
What did the movement of Enlightenment bring?
- Theory of Mind- Philosophers believed that natural science would lead to greater human control over the world, while rational sciences of human affairs would lead to individual construction of prosperous and equal society
Analysis: Because it was the movement of scientific revolution which influence enlightenment through rational thinking, it weakened the influences of organized religion, and encouraged the replacement of Christian. They happened because enlightenment philosophers wanted secular values arising from reason rather than revelation.
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