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the enlightenment
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10th Grade
09/01/2017

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absolutism

 

 

There is lots of people in this world that believe in absolutism.

Definition

the acceptance of or belief in absolute principles in political, philosophical, ethical, or theological matters.

 

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Adam Smith
Adam smith was a great person because of what he did to help the Scottish during the enlightenment.
 
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Adam Smith FRSA was a Scottish economist, philosopher, and author. He was a moral philosopher, a pioneer of political economy, and was a key figure during the Scottish Enlightenment era

 

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Baron de Montesquieu

 

 

Baron de Montesquieu was a wise man that was a philosopher and much more.

Definition

Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu, generally referred to as simply Montesquieu, was a French lawyer, man of letters, and political philosopher who lived during the Age of Enlightenment.

 

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Benjamin Franklin

 

Benjamin Franklin was a big factor in the founding of the united states and he did much more than that 

Definition

Benjamin Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. Franklin was a renowned polymath and a leading author, printer, political theorist, politician, freemason,

 

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Cesare Beccaria

 

Cesare Beccaria was a very known philosopher and politician that was very well known during the enlightenment 

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Cesare Bonesana-Beccaria, Marquis of Gualdrasco and Villareggio was an Italian criminologist, jurist, philosopher, and politician, who is widely considered as the most talented jurist and one of the greatest thinkers of the Age of Enlightenment

 

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Dark Ages

 

 

The dark ages was a very hard time for lots of people in Europe many people were killed during this time sometimes even whole towns 

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the "Dark Ages" is a historical periodization traditionally referring to the Middle Ages. It emphasizes the demographic, cultural and economic deterioration that supposedly occurred in Western Europe

 

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Enlightenment

 

the enlightenment  was about the philosophers that were  around during that time period 

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The Enlightenment was an intellectual and philosophical movement which dominated the world of ideas in Europe during the 18th century, The Century of Philosophy.

 

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Father Hidalgo

 

I think Father Hildago helped lots of people when he was alive as a priest and leader in the Mexican war. 

Definition

Don Miguel Gregorio Antonio Ignacio Hidalgo-Costilla y Gallaga Mandarte Villaseñor, more commonly known as Don Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla or simply Miguel Hidalgo, was a Mexican Roman Catholic priest and a leader of the Mexican War of Independence. 

 

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Ignorance

 

 

 

I dont like it when people are ignorant when it comes to school 

Definition

lack of knowledge or information.

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Intolerance

 

Some people are lactose intolerance because it makes them sick or it makes  there stomach hurt

Definition

unwillingness to accept views, beliefs, or behavior that differ from one's own.

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Jean-Jacques Rousseau

 

 

 

Jean-Jacques Rousseau did lots of writing during the 18th century.

Definition

Jean-Jacques Rousseau was a Francophone Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer of the 18th century.

 

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John Locke

 

lots of people say that john Locke was one of the most influential people in the time of the enlightenment 

Definition

John Locke FRS was an English philosopher and physician, widely regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers and commonly known as the "Father of Liberalism"

 

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Liberty

 

I believe that all people deserve our basic rights life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness

Definition

liberty, in philosophy, involves free will as contrasted with determinism. In politics, liberty consists of the social and political freedoms to which all community members are entitled

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Mary Wollstonecraft

 

Mary Wollstonecraft was a big advocate in woman's  wrights she believed that they should be able to do everything men can 

Definition

Mary Wollstonecraft was an English writer, philosopher, and advocate of women's rights. During her brief career, she wrote novels, treatises, a travel narrative, a history of the French Revolution, a conduct book, and a children's book

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philosophy

 

many people have a philosophy on ow the murder on the news happen 

Definition

The philosophes (French for "philosophers") were the intellectuals of the 18th-century Enlightenment. Few were primarily philosophers; rather, philosophes were public intellectuals who applied reason to the study of many areas of learning, including philosophy, history, science, politics, economics, and social issues.

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natural rights

 

I believe that all people should have the right to our natural rights and that we are all created equal.

Definition

John Locke (1632–1704) was another prominent Western philosopher who conceptualized rights as natural and inalienable. Like Hobbes, Locke believed in anatural right to life, liberty, and property.

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Philosophy

 

there are multiple philosophy on school related things like math and science 

Definition

the study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence, especially when considered as an academic discipline.

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Reason

 

there are lots of reasons why people do the things they do 

Definition

a cause, explanation, or justification for an action or event.

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Scientific Revolution

 

the Scientific Revolution    is a time when it changed the way we think about science and what we learn and test our in science.

Definition

The scientific revolution is a concept used by historians to describe the emergence of modern science during the early modern period, when developments in mathematics, physics, astronomy

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 Simon Bolivar

 

 Simon Bolivar was a man that was a political leader and he was also in the military.

Definition

Simón José Antonio de la Santísima Trinidad de Bolívar y Palacios, generally known as Simón Bolívar and also colloquially as El Libertador, was a Venezuelan military and political leader

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Social Contract

 

social contract is a contract that says that you will cooperate for social benefit there was also lots of theories from multiple people about this 

Definition

an implicit agreement among the members of a society to cooperate for social benefits, for example by sacrificing some individual freedom for state protection. Theories of a social contract became popular in the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries among theorists such as Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau, as a means of explaining the origin of government and the obligations of subjects.

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Suffrage

 

i believe that all people should have suffrage because we are all created equal.

Definition

the right to vote in political elections.

 

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Superstition

many people have weird superstitions for football  and other sports.

Definition

excessively credulous belief in and reverence for supernatural beings.

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Thomas Hobbes

 

Thomas Hobbes was a English philosopher and one of the founding fathers of the united states 

 

Definition

Thomas Hobbes, in some older texts Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury, was an English philosopher who is considered one of the founders of modern political philosophy

 

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Thomas Jefferson

 

Thomas Jefferson was one of the founding fathers of the unites states of america and he was one of the authors of the deceleration of Independence. 

 

Definition

Thomas Jefferson was an American Founding Father who was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence and later served as the third President of the United States from 1801 to 1809

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Voltaire

 

Voltaire was a enlightenment writer and a very famous philosopher 

Definition

François-Marie Arouet, known by his nom de plume Voltaire, was a French Enlightenment writer, historian, and philosopher famous for his wit, his attacks on the established Catholic Church,

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