CHAPTER 17 An Age of Enlightenment

What intellectual developments led to the Enlightenment? EEnlightenment ““Dare to Know!” RReason, Natural Law, Hope, Progress UUse Scientific Method for all corners of life RRelease yourself from shackles of old traditions and religions EEnlightenment leaders believed they could find the scientific laws that governed society (using reason)

 The scientists of the 17 th century wanted to exalt God, not undermine Christianity  But as scientific knowledge spread more educated men began to question religious truths  Travel Literature made people aware of other cultures  The “natural man” or “noble savage” in undeveloped countries proved to Enlightenment thinkers that there were flaws in the monarchies they lived under  Some began to evaluate their cultures in comparison to others

What intellectual developments led to the Enlightenment?

Who were the leaders of the Enlightenment?

Wheaties “Champions of Enlightenment”  Choose a philosophe or person of note to study  (no repeats!)  Bring in a cereal box to school, minimum size 10x7in  Bring in any materials you need to decorate  (I’ll provide paper to cover it)  On the front you will affix a color picture of you subject with subtitle noting name and why they’re famous  On the back a typed summarization of the Enlightenment and how your champion was involved  On side 1 you will create a “have you seen this person” on one figure of history NOT in this chapter  On side 2 you will compile a list of “ingredients from the Enlightenment

Wheaties “Champions of Enlightenment”  Baron de Montesquieu  Voltaire  Denis Diderot  David Hume  Francois Quesnay  Adam Smith  Paul d’Holbach  Marie-Jean de Condorcet  Jean-Jacques Rousseau  Mary Astell  Mary Wollstonecraft  Francisco Suárez  Francis Bacon  Mir Damad  Mulla Sadra  Thomas Hobbes  Pierre Gassendi  René Descartes  Thomas Browne  John Milton  Blaise Pascal  John Locke  Baruch Spinoza  Nicolas Malebranche  Isaac Newton  Gottfried Leibniz  Pierre Bayle  Galileo Galilei

Who were the leaders of the Enlightenment?

What social environment did Enlightenment thinkers thrive?

What role did women play?