The Enlightenment
Schedule
5th block
Clubhouse
Announcements
7th block
6th block
8th block
11:00 – 11:50
11:55 – 12:10
12:10 – 12:17
12:22 - 1:58
2:03 - 2:53
2:58 - 3:48
Lunch Shift Go to Café
A
12:17
B
12:46
C
1:10
D
1:34
Leave Café
12:46
1:10
1:34
1:58
Tardy
12:51
1:15
1:39
n/a
Agenda
• Bell Ringer- What is the conflict between the Scientific
Revolution and the Catholic Church?
1. Quick Review Scientific Revolution
2. Lecture: Enlightenment Thinkers
3. Chart, impact of the Enlightenment
4. Primary Document collaboration, Hobbes and Locke.
5. Quote Analysis: Enlightenment Period
Objectives: 1. Students will be able to analyze quotes from
Enlightenment thinkers and interpret their meaning.
2. Students will properly interpret ideas from Enlightenment
thinkers and match them with their philosopher.
Quick Review
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What is the Scientific Revolution?
What is Copernicus known for discovering?
Why was Galileo persecuted?
What is Isaac Newton known for discovering?
Who used mathematics and logic to explain reason?
Which scientist is known for his dissection of
human bodies?
7. Which scientist discovered blood circulation?
8. What is Johannes Kepler known for?
Locke and Hobbes
• Thomas Hobbes– He thought all humans
were selfish and wicked
(English Civil War)
– Without government, it
would be man against
man.
• John Locke
– Natural ability to govern
their affairs and promote
the welfare of society.
– Life, liberty, and property.
Reason applied to life
1.
Reason
1. Remove intolerance and
replace with logical
thought.
2. Nature
1. Natural laws of
economics, politics.
3. Happiness
1. Living by laws of nature
would bring happiness.
4. Progress
1. A scientific approach
would lead to
advancements in society.
5. Liberty
1. Society should be set
free, similar to England.
Voltaire and Montesquieu
• Voltaire- Spent a lot of
time in prison for his
satire against the King.
– Wanted freedom of speech
and religious tolerance.
• Montesquieu
– Believed Rome’s collapse
was because of a loss in
political liberties
– Advocated for separation
of powers. “Power should
be a check to power.”
Rousseau and Beccaria
• Rousseau – Thought
Civilization corrupted
people’s natural
goodness.
– Freedom and Equality
destroyed.
– Only good government was
one formed by the people.
• Beccaria– Laws are meant to protect
social order, not avenge
crimes.
Women in the
Enlightenment
• Wollstonecraft –
Women need education
to make them better
people.
• Impact of the
Enlightenment –
– Belief in Progress
– Secular Outlook
– Importance of the
Individual.
Idea
Thinker
Impact
Natural Rights- Life,
Liberty, and Property
Locke
Fundamental to US Declaration
of Independence
Separation of Powers
Montesqueiu France, US, and Latin American
nations use separation of
powers in new constitutions.
Freedom of Thought
and Expression
Voltaire
Guaranteed in US Bill of Rights
and French Declaration of the
Rights of Man and Citizen;
European monarchs reduce
censorship
Idea
Thinker
Impact
Religious Freedom
Voltaire
Guaranteed in US Bill of Rights;
European Monarchs reduce
persecution
Abolishment of
Torture
Beccaria
Outlawed or reduced torture in
Europe and the Americas
Women’s Equality
“Cruel and Unusual
Punishment”
Wollstonecraft Women’s rights groups form in
Europe and the America’s.
Omit these terms from your Match
Game: My mistake….
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Bacon
Newton
Deism
They didn’t make the
cut. (Pun intended)
Tips
• All will have at least one
term matched.
• One will have three.
State of Nature Analysis
1. What is a State of
Nature?
2. Similarities and
differences between
Locke and Hobbes (4)
3. Which one is the
realistic perspective
today?