SCAND 50 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Traveling Carnival, Cogito Ergo Sum, Ludvig Holberg
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The age of enlightenment (the age of reason) Natural law, philosophy, scientific and technological inquiries and breakthroughs, Famous names from the age of enlightenment: isaac newton, rene descartes, john. Locke, voltaire, john jack rousseau, johnathan swift, alexander pope, david hume, Benjamin franklin, thomas jefferson, thomas paine (common sense), adam smith (laissez-faire), etc. Rational and scientific approach to everything like religion, and social-political- economical issues. Attacked censorship, intolerance, science, theories, economic and social restraints. Ludvig holberg: the author of jeppe of the hill. Grew up in norway then went to denmark and wrote in danish. Wrote series of plays that are similar to jeppe of the hill. Young lovers (young people fall in love, but parents disapprove b/c of social class) zanni (silly characters/ servers that helped the lovers) The point of the play: the ridiculous, human flaws, clever and moral play, teach people a moral lesson, not childish entertainment nor a waste of time.
