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- enlightenment concepts
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scientific knowledge and methods
progress (things can get better)
natural laws, rights (liberty etc)
secularism (society should not rely on relig. authority of right/wrong)
gov based on will of people as opposed to right of kings - enlightenment influences
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isaac newton - importance of scientific methods, religious, physics laws
john locke - empiricism(knowledge through sensory experience) as opposed to learning from books
education key to human development
gov should exist by consent of governed
religious tolerance
- Louis xiv
- ruled france for 72 yrs, succeeded by xv and xvi but not good rulers, seen as opportunity for changes to happen. paris saons were venues for enlightenment. french philosophes were numerous , opposed catholic church
- french enlightenment thinkers
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baron de montesquieu - noble - ideas -> politics, big believer in constitutional gov. separation of powers - influenced us constitution.
voltaire -rich upper mid class - critic of inherent privilege, liked natural laws and rights - indiv. freedom and freedom of speech - not democratic
jean jacques rousseau - very common, focused on freedom and equality, felt emotion still had a place.