Enlightenment Flashcards
Philosophe
Enlightened thinker
social reform for sake of human liberty
Caused Enlightenment
Scientific Revolution
Evidence, natural+mechanical explanations
Enlightenment: Kant
Man’s emergence from his self-imposed immaturity.
Deism
God exists, afterlife
divine watchmaker
God is rational
Public Opinion
what the general people think
emerged in print culture as ideas are exposed to everyone
Print Culture
books!
spread ideas
about everyday things as well as philosophy
public opinion
social contract
People have natural rights: life, liberty, property
govmt should protect
if it doesn’t, the people must overthrow it
OR
people are bad, government keeps us controlled
give up freedom for safety
Coffee Houses + Salons
Gathering places for enlightened thinkers or anyone to discuss ideas or just listen
Physiocrat
french economic reformers
owners can use property freely
The Encyclopedia
Diderot
articles on everything practical (ship+canalbuilding, government, agriculture)
consolidated knowledge
Women in the Enlightenment
Mostly ignored some acknowledged their 2nd class citizenry, but didn't do much
Enlightened Despot
central absolutism strengthened at cost of lesser powers. also has people’s best interests in mind
Catherine
Education, hospitals, talked to diderot+bought his library
didnt follow his advice
war w/ turks+ottoman empire
Frederick
Authority promotion by merit religious toleration(muslims too) new law:no torture, less capital punishment better agriculture
Joseph II
cold, but wanted good for his people
centralized authority
took authority away from church:Josephinism, bishops cant go to pope
fewer tariffs, better roads+river transport
tried to reform taxes, but too controversial
