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that he might have taken scientific experimentation and/or theory to another level
that he built upon the work of other scientists, and that without them, he would not have been able to develop his work
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3. The Enlightenment

4. Enlightenment
Age of reason philosophical movement built off the achievements of the scientific revolution .
The belief that reason could be used to solve human problems ( all aspects of society, government, religion economics, and education) .

5. Thomas Hobbes The Leviathan (1651)
He believed that absolute monarchy was the best form of government
Natural lives were “solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.”

6. John Locke
People were born equal with natural rights ( Life, liberty, and property)
The purpose of government was to protect peoples rights
Two Treaties on Government 1690

8. French philosophes
Salon – Gatherings in a home of the wealthy

9. Voltaire Spoke out against the government and the church
He believed in the religious toleration
Deist – believed the world was like a clock that God set according to natural laws
Common sense is not so common. Voltaire
If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent Him. Voltaire

10. Denis Diderot
He created the encyclopedia in 1751

11. Jean – Jacques Rousseau
Social contract- believed that all good governments were formed by the people “General Will” ( Direct Democracy )

12. Montesquieu
Separation of powers as well as checks and balances

13. Mary Wollstonecraft
Equal rights for women

14. Adam Smith
1776 The Wealth of Nations
Laissez-Faire – Capitalism

15. John Wesley
Methodism

16. Music
Handel, Hayden, Bach, Mozart

17. Enlightened Despots Prussia – Fredrick II Russia – Catherine The Great
Austria – Maria Theresa and Joseph II

21. The Enlightenment
Enlightenment- 18th century Philosophical movement built off the
achievements of the scientific revolution.
Reason. Natural laws. Hope and progress.
John Locke- Tabula rasa (blank slate)
“People are molded by their experiences”
Philosophes-(French)
Montesquieu- (Separation of Powers) and (Checks and Balances)
Voltaire- Deist believed the world is like a clock that God created and set
according to natural laws.
Denis Diderot- The Encyclopedia 1751
Jean Jacques Rousseau The Social Contract
Social Contract- an entire society agrees to be governed by its general will.
Mary Wollstonecraft- the founder of the movement for women’s rights.
Adam Smith- The Wealth of Nations – believed in laissez Faire economics.
The state should not regulate the economy.
John Wesley- Methodism.
Salons- gatherings in the homes of the wealthy.
Music-Handel, Haydn, Bach, and Mozart

23. The Enlightenment
Enlightenment- 18th century Philosophical movement built off the
achievements of the scientific revolution.
Reason. Natural laws. Hope and progress.
John Locke- Tabula rasa (blank slate)
“People are molded by their experiences”
Philosophes-(French)
Montesquieu- (Separation of Powers) and (Checks and Balances)
Voltaire- Deist believed the world is like a clock that God created and set
according to natural laws.
Denis Diderot- The Encyclopedia 1751
Jean Jacques Rousseau The Social Contract
Social Contract- an entire society agrees to be governed by its general will.
Mary Wollstonecraft- considered the founder of the movement for women’s rights.
Adam Smith- The Wealth of Nations – believed in laissez Faire economics.
The state should not regulate the economy.
John Wesley- Methodism.
Salons- gatherings in the homes of the wealthy.
Music-Handel, Haydn, Bach, and Mozart