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The document summarizes key aspects of the Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment period in Europe. It outlines causes of the Scientific Revolution such as trade, universities, and the Renaissance. It then lists important scientists from the era like Copernicus, Kepler, Galileo, and Newton. It discusses new attitudes around skepticism and rationalism that developed. It also summarizes major philosophers from this period and their ideas, including Descartes, Spinoza, Locke, Hobbes, and others. Finally, it discusses some of the lasting legacies of the Enlightenment like the development of civil society and an emphasis on individual rights and democracy.
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1. The Enlightenment was an intellectual movement that changed people's views on the world, challenging the power of the Church and forming the foundations of modern science.
2. Enlightenment thinkers like Locke, Montesquieu, and Rousseau influenced the American Founding Fathers and shaped the Declaration of Independence and Constitution.
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The document discusses several topics from the 18th century including major events, changes resulting from the Industrial Revolution, religion, fashion, education, politics, inventions, and Romanticism. It also profiles Mary Shelley and analyzes themes in her famous Gothic novel Frankenstein, such as the struggle between good and evil and mysterious human and cosmic elements. Famous 18th century poets mentioned are Lord Byron, William Blake, and Alexander Pope.
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Imperialism involved stronger nations dominating weaker countries politically, economically, and socially through colonialism, spheres of influence, and protectorates. There were several types and causes of imperialism in the 19th century, including seeking new markets and resources, civilizing missions, and Social Darwinism. European imperialism resulted in the colonization and exploitation of much of Asia and Africa during this period.
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Enlightenment
The Enlightenment was a period in the 18th century when thinkers applied reason and science to politics, society, and the economy. They challenged absolute monarch rule and argued that people have natural rights like liberty. Thinkers like Locke, Montesquieu, Voltaire, Rousseau, and Adam Smith developed new ideas about government, economics, and society that influenced revolutions and the growth of democracy. Their works spread new ways of thinking through publications and social gatherings.
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The Enlightenment was a period in the 18th century when thinkers applied reason and science to politics, society, and the economy. They challenged absolute monarch rule and argued that people have natural rights like liberty. Thinkers like Locke, Montesquieu, Voltaire, Rousseau, and Adam Smith developed new ideas about government, economics, and society that influenced revolutions and the growth of democracy. Their works spread new ways of thinking and challenged traditional authorities and institutions.
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The Scientific Revolution of the 16th and 17th centuries challenged established science and religion. Figures like Copernicus, Bacon, and Newton developed scientific theories and methods that displaced God from explanations of the natural world. During the 18th century Enlightenment, philosophers like Locke, Rousseau, and Voltaire furthered these ideas and advocated for concepts like liberty, equality, separation of church and state, and limits on government power. Their works inspired revolutions in America and France seeking to establish governments based on Enlightenment principles of individual rights and consent of the governed.
Enlightenment
The Enlightenment was an 18th century intellectual movement that promoted reason and science over tradition. Enlightenment thinkers like Voltaire and Locke sought progress through reason and natural law. They influenced fields like economics, crime and punishment, and advocated for religious tolerance and women's rights. Enlightened monarchs attempted to rule based on Enlightenment principles, though with mixed success due to resistance from nobility. This period saw developments in philosophy, politics, science and the arts.
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The Enlightenment
- 9. Immanuel Kant : Moral Theory and the Idea of Duty
- 12. Centers of the Enlightenment
- 14. A Parisian Salon
- 15. A Parisian Salon
- 18. Denis Diderot (1713-1784)