SPREADING NEW IDEAS

ESSENTIAL QUESTION Who was willing to embrace the new ideas about science?

PHILOSOPHES Those who believed in the new ideas from Galileo, Newton and others.

SALONS Gathering places for the philosophes to discuss issues of the time.

ENCYLCLOPEDIAS Reference books that contained info on arts, sciences, government, etc.

ENLIGHTENMENT Philosophes wanted rest of world to understand the new ways of thinking.

ESSENTIAL QUESTION Who were the philosophes?

MONTESQUIE Created idea of three branches of gov. LEGISLATIVE- makes laws EXECUTIVE- enforces laws JUDICIAL- interprets laws

VOLTAIRE Proposed freedom of religion. FREEDOM OF PRESS- right to publish ideas without fear of arrest.

LOCKE SOCIAL CONTRACT- if gov. fails to protect people’s rights, they can get a new gov.

WOLLSTONECRAFT Thought men and women should have equal rights.

ESSENTIAL QUESTION What were artistic ideas of the Enlightenment?

COMPOSERS Those who write songs.

ORCHESTRAS Large groups of musicians. PERCUSSION- keeping the beat. STRINGS- violin, cello, etc. WOODWINDS- clarinet, oboe, etc. HORNS- trumpets, trombones, etc.

OPERA A play which is sung.

ROMANTICISM Art that celebrates human emotions.

REALISM Romance does not always work out.

METAPHYSICS Study of the existence of God.

KANT Divided thoughts in two parts: PHYSICAL WORLD- can be proven. SPIRITUAL WORLD- can’t be proven.