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1 The Enlightenment By: Ryan Murray

2 Enlightenment and Religion  Referred to as the enemy of religion.  Catholic Church split.  Deism created.

3 Enlightenment and Religion  Voltaire played an important role.  He criticized the church.  Wrote Dictionnaire Philosophique

4 Enlightenment and Religion  Protestantism in Western Europe.  Questioned faith.  Almost all faiths had changed.

5 Enlightenment and Society  Philosophers would gather and talk about ideas.  Gained great criticism to improve ideas.  Where most of the reforms came from.

6 Enlightenment and Society  Philosophers put the fear of god out of the way.  Denounced Christian Philosophy.  Dismantled Heaven somewhat.

7 Enlightenment and Society  Many ideas shared.  Women's rights started  Olympe De Gouges

8 Enlightenment and Politics  Great influence.  Freedom  Democracy

9 Enlightenment and Politics  Reason as primary values  Self-governing governments.  Three Revolutions.

10 Enlightenment and Politics  English Revolution  American Revolution  French Revolution.

11 Enlightenment and Literature  Express through writing.  Leibniz- important writer.  Systematic metaphysics.

12 Enlightenment and Literature  James Boswell- important writer  Est. norms for biography.  Write about life and politics.

13 Enlightenment and Literature  Gotthold Ephraim Lessing- important writer  theorized that the center of political and cultural life is the middle class.  Hollinger’s four Reasoning's…

14 Enlightenment and Literature  Everything worth knowing can be unified in a set of beliefs that all rational people can accept.  Moral principles are rational and provide standards for conduct and judgment.  Any contradiction to these is an obstacle to progress and happiness.  The truth will set us free.

15 Enlightenment and Arts  Present visuals of the Enlightenment.  Art imitates nature.  Discern and Enjoy

16 Enlightenment and Arts  Une Soirée chez madame Geoffrin.  Described Philosophers.  Philosophers gathered to share ideas.

17 Enlightenment and Arts  Ernst Cassirer  Century of Philosophy.  Art used to Criticize.

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