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The Enlightenment
Was a period throughout Human History. Philosophers found that reason and logic could lead society more completely than blind faith in a superior. This era was also called the Age Of Rreason. -
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Enlightened Despots
Enlightened Despots were one of the things that came along in the Enlightenment age. What exactly is an Enlightened Despot?
Enlightened Despots were Rulers, Monarchs that ruled according to Enlightenment principals. -
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Salons
Salons were a place where like minded people gathered, it would be a sort of "hub" Where all philosophers would share Ideas, it was also a place to network, to get ideas to others. -
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Philosophes
Philosophes were "intellectuals" or more known as just the smarter more practical bunch. Most gathered at Salons to discuss their Philosophies. -
John Locke
John Locke, known for being the "father" of liberalism. John was a very down to earth man, he asked wanted things to be proven, rather than just rely on blind faith given by his authorities. -
John Locke, Continued
In one point in his life he wrote a letter to the Church, "Concerning Toleration". This letter mainly covered the separation of the state and chuch. He also wrote another piece, "The Second Treatise of Government" Which covers governmental politics and that the power lies in the people, the Social Contract is also mentioned. The most revered of his writings is "An Essay Concerning Human Understanding" Which covers the reach of a humans understanding to things, what one can and cannot understand. -
Baron De Montesquieu
Baron, another Philosopher however he was more in the political realm of Philosophy. He had one famous theory that challenged or support despotism, depending on the persons situation with despotism. His theory was in short, that if one person ruled, it would surely lead to a dark path. However, if the government was ruled by several people that followed the rule of law, then there would be a successful government. He contributed greatly to the government of the enlightenment age. -
The two treatises of government
The two treatises of government was made by john locke anonomously. The book is split into two parts, the first treatise, and the second. The book seems to counter, or go against what others have said in the past. The first part is about sir robert filmer and his book, "patriarcha". Locke counters this book with the first treatise.
The second part is his countering of thomas hobbes with the book he made, "leviathan". -
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However, the book was not just about the attacking of others "beliefs" It also went onto more moral things, government, property laws etcetra. This book helped shape the age of reason. -
Voltaire
Voltaire is only a pen name of this man, his real name is François-Marie d'Arouet. Voltaire was a playwrite, author, poet, and many other things in the writing genre. He played a crucial role in the 18th century enlightenment age, he mostly stood up for science. He diferentiated two things, philosophy, and science. His public campaigns were for defining the differences between the two. -
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The enlightenment
The Enlightenment was an age in which people asked questions, and bluntly put, began questioning and putting reason to everything and not just trusting higher authorities with blind faith. This was the age where the blindfolds were taken off and humanity began growing. Many known people were apart of this life changing event, some you might even know. -
Mary Wollstonecraft, continued
The books that made contributions and made impact in societies were, "Vindication" and "Vindication of the Rights of Woman" Both are in the politcal genre as it covers the rights of mainly women. With each book that was written she threw in things that emphasised why the women's rights movement should be done; education for women was her main goal. -
A vindication of the rights of women
This book, was made by Mary wollstonecraft, previously mentioned. The contents of the book goes from moral, political, and philosiphical areas. The title wraps up what the contents of the books is. However, this book also allowed women to eventually become equals to men, in some areas. -
Mary Wollstonecraft
Mary was part of the enlightenment evolution, particularly on the other side of the spectrum when it came to this topic. Mary was concerned with women's rights and morality. Her fields of work were mainly being an author; her works mainly focused on politics and history, -
Later influences
Throughout time beyond the age of reason, people picked up a few things from that time. Documents such as the Declaration were influenced by past philosophers, such as john locke. The bill of rights was another that was influenced by the age of reason and people in that time. The age of reason could be seen as a crucial time of humanity, where we broke out of the chains of a single leader, and decided to think for our own selves.
