Mr. Dunbar AP European History Chapter 17—The Age of Enlightenment: Eighteenth Century Thought Chapter Overview: The Enlightenment is a movement of people and ideas that fostered the expansion of literate sectors of European society and that economic improvement and political reform were both possible and desirable. Contemporary western political and economic thought is a product of Enlightenment thinking; therefore‚ some historians believe the process of Enlightenment continues today. Inspired
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Enlightenment DBQ Historical Context The discoveries made in science during the 1500s and 1600s led European thinkers to raise questions about the conditions of human life itself. Many of the thinkers of the European Enlightenment moved away from medieval thinking toward more modern thoughts regarding government and the role of women in society. Document 1 Second Treatise on Government - John Locke . Political power is that power‚ which every man having in the state of nature‚ has given
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AP European History: Unit 4.1 SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION AND ENLIGHTENMENT Use space below for I. The Scientific Revolution A. Medieval view of the world notes 1. Primarily religious and theological 2. Political theory based on divine right of kings 3. Society largely governed by Church views‚ traditions‚ and practices 4. Superstition played major role in the lives of the people 5. Scientific thought in the early-16th century was still based on Medieval ideas a. Views about the universe
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many decisions should government and religion be allowed to make for us? Should government and religion be allowed to dictate our lives? According to John Locke‚ he believed that "the care of souls is not the magistrate’s business" (10). Whereas Voltaire‚ the author of Candide‚ believes that a society governed by religion is a farce. What is the role of government and religion in our society? Government should not be allowed to interfere with true religion‚ and there should be a separation of
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whatsoever. A prominent Enlightenment thinker‚ Voltaire‚ who was not a deist‚ but whom opposed the Catholic Church equally vehemently is another example of enlightenment thought that later influenced the French Revolution. Voltaire‚ who was strongly against religious persecution‚ deduced that the Church was the greatest persecuted overall‚ and was therefore strongly opposed to it. More than anything Voltaire was an advocate for religious toleration and a leader of the crusade against religious persecution
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most are Voltaire and Montesquieu. There were also two Enlightenment thinkers that I considered troubling. They were Diderot and Rousseau. The Baron de Montesquieu or Charles de Secondat was known for his most famous work‚
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LIBERALISM: A commitment to the individual and the desire to construct a society where people can satisfy their interests and achieve fulfilment. Summary * The term ‘Liberal’ is derived from the Latin word ‘Liber’‚ which refers to a class of free men‚ in other words‚ men who were neither serfs nor slaves. * It is associated with ideas of freedom and choice. * Human beings are first and foremost‚ individuals‚ endowed with reason. * This implies that each individual
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nations to focus on religious aspects where the Presbyterian Church was presented as excessively strict and sour. Voltaire suggests different outcomes of a society regarding the number of religions tolerated. The only one to be considered extreme dystopia contains only one religion. On the other hand‚ the utopia contains multiple religions for peace and harmony. Those against religious toleration
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Nature affects everything. These effects range from the reasoning behind our everyday decisions to any actions that are physically possible. The question of what nature allows has been debated for years‚ resulting in wars‚ mass executions‚ and the toppling of governmental institutions in the search for an answer. One such response to this overwhelming question was the French Revolution. In the early eighteenth century‚ Europe was dominated by powerful monarchs that enforced a wide range of laws
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Political System Transformation in European and Euro-American Societies The Enlightenment is well known to be an important cultural and intellectual movement that revolutionized the lifestyle of several European and Euro-American people during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. It brought changes on the scientific‚ economic‚ and religious field. However‚ the field that resulted mainly affected by the Enlightenment was the political realm. Many important European philosophers like Thomas
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