Enlightenment+ideas

Anil Tharani

Enlightenment ideas and how it changed people's views on humanity.

Paragraph Ideas: 1. Scientific impact 2. Philosophes and ideas 3. Philosophes and how it changed the way people thought.

Outline: 1. Immanuel Kant: "Dare to know!" 2. Humans should use reason to their advantage 3. Fontenelle-"Plurality of Worlds" pulled science into literature 4. Galileo, Newton, Kepler-previous discoveries in 17th cent. evoked new thinking 5-6. Montesquieu- "Persian Letters", "The Spirit of the Laws" were his views on government, admired England. 7. Deism- new thinking, God created universe then allowed Newtonian laws todetermine features 8. Voltaire- Admired English, "Philosophic Letters on the English" Deist, Jesus was a good fellow. 9. Diderot "Encyclopedia"-spread ideas, attacked Christianity 10. Adam Smith- Natural laws of economics 11. d'Holbach-Athiest, "System of Nature" God was a product of the mind and was unnecessary 12. Condorcet-"Progress of the Human Mind" human's reason would lead them to a tenth stage, perfection. 13. Rousseau "The Social Contract"-tried to harmonize human liberties with government 14. Rousseau "Emile"-Education reform. childhood as a stage and reason should not be forced upon them until late teens. 15. Woman's rights Wollstonecraft,-"Vindication of the rights of a Woman" women have reason so should be equal 16. Geoffrin- Salons spread ideas 17. Descartes- "I think therefore i am." "Cartesian Dualism" mind and body are seperate.

Thesis ideas: Philosophes evoked a new thinking due to new scientific discoveries and this was called The Enlightenment. (Talk about some Philosophes)

Citation: Reill, Peter Hanns, and Ellen Judy Wilson. "Enlightenment." //Encyclopedia of the Enlightenment//, Revised Edition. New York: Facts On File, Inc., 2004. //Modern World History Online//. Facts On File, Inc. http://www.fofweb.com/activelink2.asp? ItemID=WE53&iPin=EEN251&SingleRecord=True (accessed April 22, 2011).