HISTORY 1DD3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Age Of Enlightenment, Tabula Rasa, Atlantic Revolutions
28 Sep 2017
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Late 18th century, there were a series of revolutions that convulsed europe and north america. The course and ultimate result of these upheavals collectively called the atlantic revolutions was shaped by a significant european intellectual movement. Enlightenment thinkers often called the philosophes didn"t believe in the same solutions to the problems and issues they tackled. Underpinned what was distinct about the enlightenment: promotion of the idea of change was a good thing and that human progress was not only possible but desirable. The idea of change and progress being good is one of the fundamental percepts of what we call modernity. Enlightenment thinkers and writers applied methods of the scientific revolution" to 16th/17th century social and political questions. Combined, suggested that through the application of reason humans can improve, they can progress. The enlightenment happened when it did because of the new public culture that was developing in.
