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| Key themes of the Enlightenment: |
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| Rejection of faith, Celebration of reason, Methods of natural science applied to all aspects of life, Birth of the social sciences, Faith in progress, Optimism Reform of political institutions |
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| New things that came with the enlightenment movement |
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A new kind of intellectual/citizen: The Philosophe
•A new kind of republic: The Republic of Letters
•A new kind of power: critical Reason
•A new Bible: The Encyclopedia |
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| New reading patterns that came as a result of the enlightenment |
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Rise in literacy rates , Increase in size of personal libraries , New places to read books Reading becomes silent and private ,From intensive to extensive reading ,Decline in religious books .Increase in number of books on the arts and sciences
Many more clandestine books |
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| The Invention of Private Life that came as a result of the enlightenment. |
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New articulation of private space in houses and apartments
•New appreciation for the boundaries around the nuclear family and the couple – new ideals of the value of companionship in marriage
•The rise of the novel and novel reading
•New focus on the importance of intimacy, and the private expression of emotions |
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| German philosopher gave widespread currency to a term "enlightment". Set the foundation of modern philosophy. true knoledge can only come from examining the ways in which ideas are formed in the mind. Ideas are dependepnt on the space and time. Does got exist? do humans have free will ? |
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| Found the modern political theory. society itself threatened the rights of freedom. Man is born free. revival of science and the arts had corruped social morals. these sciences rose bariers between people and their natural state. Social contract form huma nature not history. Argues for a republican form of gov. with a democray. condemned slavery |
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| modern economics. market must be left along. no gov. control. They should only provide security to the people. the law of supply and demand is the guiding hand. People's greed can work for the good of society. Manufacturing process has to be broken down into steps so it can be effective. |
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