Enlightenment Part 1
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Introduction
The Big Idea
Path to the Enlightenment
John Locke & Tabula Rasa
Applying the Scientific Method
Discussion Question 1
Ideas of the Philosophes
Section 2
Montesquieu
Voltaire
Diderot
Discussion Question 2
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studied
social
problems?
The
BIG
Idea
Ideas,
Beliefs,
and
Values
Enlightenment
thinkers,
or
philosophes,
believed
all
institutions
should
follow
natural
laws
to
produce
the
ideal
society.
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Path
to
the
Enlightenment
Eighteenth-century
intellectuals
used
the
ideas
of
the
Scientific
Revolution
to
reexamine
all
aspects
of
life.
MainIdea
The
Enlightenment
was
a
philosophical
movement
that
attempted
to
apply
reason
to
human
behavior.
The
ideas
of
the
Enlightenment
would
be
influential
for
political
and
social
reform.
John
Locke
was
an
Englishman
who
argued
that
humans
were
born
with
a
blank
mind
and
were
influenced
by
experiences
in
their
environment.
Path
to
the
Enlightenment
(cont.)
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Enlightenment
thinkers
thought
that
by
applying
the
scientific
methods
of
Isaac
Newton
to
the
natural
laws
that
governed
human
society,
an
ideal
society
was
possible.
Path
to
the
Enlightenment
Europe
and
the
Age
of
Enlightenment
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DiscQuestion
A
B
C
D
John
Locke
wrote
that
every
person
was
born
with
a
tabula
rasa.
What
is
tabula
rasa?
A.
A
blank
mind
B.
A
predetermined
personality
C.
Without
sin
D.
A
warring
spirit
Ideas
of
the
Philosophes
The
philosophes
wanted
to
create
a
better
society.
MainIdea
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The
intellectuals
of
the
Enlightenment
were
known
by
the
French
term
philosophe.
Philosophes
were
social
reformers
who
came
from
the
middle
class
and
nobility
of
European
society.
Philosophes
wanted
to
change
the
world
and
often
disagreed
about
how
to
do
this.
Ideas
of
the
Philosophes
(cont.)
Influential
Philosophes:
Montesquieu
Ideas
of
the
Philosophes
(cont.)
French
noble
Wrote
The
Spirit
of
the
Laws
(1748)
about
governments
Montesquieu
identified
three
kinds
of
government
(republics,
despotisms,
and
monarchies).
Argued
for
a
separation
of
powers
within
the
government
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Voltaire
Lived
in
Paris
and
gained
wealth
and
fame
from
his
writings
In
his
1763
work
Treatise
on
Toleration
he
argued
for
religious
toleration.
Was
a
proponent
of
deism,
a
philosophy
based
on
reason
and
natural
law
Ideas
of
the
Philosophes
(cont.)
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Diderot
Studied
at
the
University
of
Paris
and
was
a
writer
Wrote
a
28-volume
Encyclopedia
series
between
1751
and
1772
The
Encyclopedia
spread
Enlightenment
ideas.
Ideas
of
the
Philosophes
(cont.)
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DiscQuestion
A
B
C
D
Which
philosophe
influenced
the
development
of
the
United
States
Constitution
with
his
ideas
of
a
separation
of
powers?
A.
John
Locke
B.
Montesquieu
C.
Voltaire
D.
Diderot