HIS109Y1 Lecture Notes - Madame De Pompadour, Philosophes, Persian Letters
Document Summary
Age of reason the coming together of what amounts to the enlightenment. Established a new worldview a way to perceive the relationship between man and nature. Education and learning seen in terms of secular needs and goals. Concept of systematic doubt exploited the belief that nothing could be accepted. The way to achieve human enlightenment is through reason. After newton established basic law of nature - the society of mankind could be without evidence and proof understood. The application of human reason to any situation could produce better results. Change could happen because it would be in tune with nature, but change could happen that could bring human society into concert with nature (would be good) lives (political situations could be changed for example) Through reason and intelligence humans can alter the circumstances of their own. Laws of the universe cannot be changed laws of nature absolute and immutable.
