HIST 106 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Enlightened Absolutism, Print Culture, Classical Liberalism
11 Apr 2016
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Polish astronomer copernicus: the established knowledge (18th century?) was wrong; called it the heliocentric ideology. William harvey: blood circulation, nature can be understood by experiments and rationality. (more) secular & freer states (nw europe: england, dutch republic); *post 30 years war; (relative) stability. De ned as: the application of critical reason to solve problems, skepticism about existing social, religious, and political beliefs, belief in intellectual freedom, belief that humans could improve: morally, physically, intellectually, and economically. Increasing volume of printed materials; more secular books that were critical. Public option: the collective effect on political and social life of views discussed in the home, workplace, and places of leisure. People who favoured: change, reform, toleration, etc. Usually supported: expansion of trade (cut off) De nition: to try to understand and to make judgements based on practical facts. Newton reasoned (that) there must be a force such as gravity. Medical experts have reasoned that cigarettes are bad for you.
