HIST 1011 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Anglicanism, Despotism, Bastion

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28 Apr 2017
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The enlightenment--a complex associated groups of ideas, trends, and thoughts located in mostly the 18c--cosmopolitan and transatlantic--many participants in discussions like founding fathers were participants. ! -emmanuel kant--use ur rational factors and don"t concede to authority on how to use and when to use; all knowledge should be organized--ie. the concept of the encyclopedia. Self-confidence bc they knew that they could figure things out and they would do it; to be applied fruitfully reason had to be unfettered. They felt that knowledge should be shared through free and open discussion and weren"t upset w treading on toes and ignored tradition for the sake of progress. Coupled with the conviction of reason, came the exception of getting the right answers; why try to reform if we aren"t going to do it right. The unreflected assumption that human beings are the same and human nature is the same in all humans; the belief that society is reformable and should be reformed.

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