HISTORY 1DD3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Thesis, Antithesis, Synthesis, Age Of Enlightenment, Dialectic
1 Nov 2017
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Both a movement & a period: intellectual, mostly european (some american) (west) Revolutions had local causes, but a common wellspring of ideas moving people to revolt. Philosophe- the french term for philosopher, used to describe the intellectuals (in all. Elds of inquiry) during the enlightenment: did not all share the same world view, however, key underlying principles. A belief in, and respect for, the ideal of natural (rather than supernatural) laws governing the operation of the universe (ex. newton, gravity, natural law. ) We can make them better through reason : catholic church: no, suffer in this life and be rewarded in heaven , however, some philosophes believed in god. The scienti c revolution (16th & 17th centuries: empirical observation. John locke: a scientist in the way of setting out how scientists should go about researching things: tabula rasa: the blank slate, you have the ability to reason, but have no innate knowledge.
