HIST 1003 Chapter 16: ch16
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What made such radical change thinkable were the intellectual and cultural developments of the period between about 1689 and 1789, which the french called the century of light and we conventionally refer to as the. Enlightenment is a catch-all term that covers the many attempts at rethinking religion, society, and human nature between about 1689 and 1789. The second half of the century saw considerable population growth and a proto-industrial takeoff, at least in the northwest. Culturally, this century was perhaps even more eventful. John locke, whose ideas provided the torch that allowed many europeans to see their lives and their communities in a new light. Dare to know! was the enlightenment"s motto, the german philosopher. In western states such as the dutch republic, england, scotland, and france, enlightened ideas tended to be generated by people of middling wealth and status.
