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    The Enlightenment: Causes and Precursors

    A Summary Sheet
    Prem Sai Ramani
    4 MAIN CAUSES

    Watch the video:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B97yCAL1oNA

    1. The work of Newton, Bacon, Locke, and Descartes


    Wrote:
    The Principles of Natural
    Philosophy (1687)

    PRECURSORS
    England:
    Constitutional monarchy,
    relative religious
    tolerance, and a
    minimally regulated
    economy

    Isaac Newton

    France:
    Absolute monarchy
    where Louis XIV
    controlled all aspects of
    the state
    Religious Wars:
    Bloody conflicts between
    Protestants and Catholics
    after the Reformation.
    Ended with the Peace of
    Westphalia in 1648.
    Colonization:
    Exploration led to
    global colonisation which
    increased market size,
    amount of resources, but
    also conflict.

    1400

    Influence:
    Rational view of the universe
    that was explained through
    logical mathematics. People
    believed that society should
    reflect this.

    Francis Bacon

    Influence:
    Created the scientific method
    which relied solely on human
    observation. This provided a
    methodical way for people to
    analyze various subjects.

    Wrote:
    Two Treatises of Government
    (1689)

    Wrote:
    Discourse on the Method
    (1637)

    Influence:
    Humans are born free, equal,
    and have natural rights.
    Governments must protect
    these rights to stay in power.
    Locke rejects monarchies.

    Influence:
    I think therefore I am.
    Human existence comes
    from the ability to think
    and nothing else. Promotes
    individualism and reason.

    John Locke

    Rene Descartes

    Empirical: Something that can be checked


    by experimentation and observation
    Rational: Logical reasoning based on facts
    Reason: Use of the mind to think,
    understand, and form judgements
    Public Opinion: The collective effect that
    views discussed at home and in print had
    on political and social life
    Secularist: Separation from religious
    influence on subjects and the application of
    rationalism to religious subjects
    Salon: An organised gathering and academic
    centre for philosophical discussion, often
    held in the homes of wealthy women

    7 MAIN IDEAS OF ENLIGHTENMENT


    1. Rationalism and Reason
    2. Empiricism
    3. Optimism & Self Confidence
    4. Freedom
    5. Constitutionalism
    6. Tolerance
    7. Secularism

    2. Proliferation of Print Media


    Ideas reached a wider audience, literacy rates and
    the number of secularist texts rose, and Public
    Opinion developed
    3. Growth of Salons
    4. The Stability of England
    Example of a progressive and free state

    1500
    1453: Fall of
    Constantinople

    Wrote:
    The New Method (1620)

    DEFINITIONS

    1600

    1700

    1800

    THE AGE OF EXPLORATION


    1517: Martin Luther posts his 95 Theses

    THE REFORMATION

    1543: Copernicus publishes his heliocentric theory

    1648: Peace of Westphalia

    Leads to the Industrial Revolution

    THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION


    THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT

    1789: French
    Revolution

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