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| “The powers of government should be separated into… branches, to prevent any one group or individual from gaining too much power” |
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| “I may not agree with what you say, but I would go to my death defending your right to say it”. |
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| People are basically good (“noble savage”) but become corrupted by society. |
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| "Men being by nature all free, equal, an independent, now no one can be put out of this estate and subjected to political power of another without his consent”. |
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| Humanity’s best hope is open minded toleration |
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| All people have a right to understand highly complicated, scientific findings. |
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French;Philosophes;
France was such a hotbed for philosophical thought during the Enlightenment because of salons, published works from philosophes, and rule that which people cannot talk about the Church or the state. |
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| The brilliant band of mainly ___________ thinkers, known as the ____________, played an instrumental part in the creation of the Enlightenment. Why was France such a hot bed for philosophical thoughts during the Enlightenment? |
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The Essay Concerning Human Understanding;
The theory set forth in the Essay Concerning Human Understanding is how human beings learn and form new ideas, born with a blank tablet and that all ideas derive from experience. |
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| In John Locke’s essay, ________________________, rejected Descartes prevailing view on human understanding. Explain the theory john Locke set forth in his essay. |
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Satire;
Two other ways the philosophes side stepped the government and churches to convey this new way of thinking to others was the use of pen names, and salons. |
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| The philosophes often delivered strong social and political criticism in the form of _____________ so their plays and novels would be entertaining, but would not be censored or banned. Explain at least two other ways the philosophes side stepped the government and churches to convey this new way of thinking to others. |
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Reformer;Revolutionary;
A reformer is a person who changes for the common good and reforms something. A revolutionary is a person who changes for themselves and breaks away from a group. |
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| Voltaire was known to be the most famous and in many ways, the most representative, philosophe during the enlightenment. He was labeled as a ____________ and not a ______________. Explain the difference between the two types of leaders. |
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-Montesquieu
-social satire
-supposedly written by Persian travelers who see European custom in weird ways |
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| believer in a great clockmaker who built an orderly universe and then stepped aside to let it run |
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| The three central concepts that stood out during the Enlightenment are reason, scientific method, and progress. Reason is to commit everything to rational critical examination. Scientific method is a way of reasoning using experimentation and reasoning. Progress is to improve society via education and humanitarianism. Social science is academic disciplines that study the human aspects of the world. |
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| In the rich diversity of the Enlightenment, three central concepts stood out. Discuss the three concepts in depth by using specific support and relevant vocabulary. Be sure to incorporate the terms social science into you answer. Reason scientific method and progress |
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| A very real crisis in European thought was evident at the end of the 17th century. Three of the four uncertainties are dissatisfactions, religious truth, and travel literature. Religious truth was that both Cahtolics and Protestants thought their religion was absolute truth. Absolute truth is true no matter what. Relative truth is dependent on the relation to something else. |
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| A very real crisis in European thought was evident at the end of the 17th century. Discuss at least three of the four uncertainties or dissatisfactions during this time in depth by using specific support and relevant vocabulary. Be sure to explain absolute vs. relative truth. |
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| What is Voltaire’s birth name? |
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| Who was considered to be a celebrity of his time? |
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| Which philosophe was one of the first to write a tell-all memoir? |
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| Who was known as the Godmother of the 17th vol. Encyclopedia? |
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| any theory holding criteria of judgement |
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