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| the 4 major concepts of the enlightment are... |
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1.individuals place not fixed
2.society constantly improving by changing
3.humans should be concerned with life on earth and its future
4.humans can find truth by studying nature |
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| What is the name of the religious belief that evolves during this time ? |
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| Deism "godism" not a religion - a way of thinking about god |
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| What is the nickname for the God of this belief ? |
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| clockmaker or watchmaker God |
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| What is the main tenet of this belief ? |
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| God created the world and let it go |
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| Literature of the era was written more for the... ? |
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| Why was it written more for them ? |
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| Because of the reformation and rising literacy |
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| name one idea of John Locke contributed ? |
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| introduced the concept of "tabula rasa" which means "blank slate" |
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| name two ideas Adam Smith contributed ? |
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1.Developed theory of Laissez Faire ( hands off government )
2. the division of labor ( individuals more effecient fi they specialize ) |
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| Mary Wollstonecraft wrote... ? |
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| Vindication of the Rights of Women |
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| Samuel Johnson wrote... ? |
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| Diction of the English Language |
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| Denis Diderto organized and helped write... ? |
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| the publication of the 1st Encyclopedia |
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| name two ideas that Montesquieu contributed to ? |
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1.wrote that slavery is unnatural and evil
2.created theory of seperation fo powers ( infulenced the U.S. constitution ) |
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| Candide (philosophical optimism) |
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| name one idea that Leibnitz contributed ? |
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| belief that "all is for the best in the best of all possible worlds" |
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| name 3 ideas that Jean-Jaques Rousseau contributed to ? |
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1.wrote of the Social Contract.
2.that the government can be destroyed if it breaks the social contract
3.people living in nature are better than novel dwellers |
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| Thomas Jefferson wrote... ? |
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| The Declaration of Independence |
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| What are the two most important outcomes of the enlightment ? |
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| literature changed from verse to.. ? |
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| from great concern to... ? |
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| from for the educated to... ? |
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