KMC CH 16 Enlight Word Scramble
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Thomas Hobbes | English political philosopher who wrote the "Leviathan," he characterized life as "nasty, brutish, and short" |
Jansenism | Heresy that taught that few people are granted salvific grace; the center of its activities was a convent in Port Royal, France |
Quietism | Heresy founded by Miguel Molinos which stressed complete abandonment to God and complete passivity during prayer; its spirituality leaned towards excessive comfort |
Irish plantations | Large areas in NE Ireland that were cleared of Catholics by James I and resettled by Scottish Protestants in an effort to "breed out" the Catholics |
Rene Descartes | Father of modern philosophy, he said, "Cogito ergo sum;" Father of modern mathematics, he wrote "Discourse on Method" |
Philosophes | Proponents of Enlightenment philosophy who rejected divine revelation and instead believed in human reason |
Deism/Masonry | Spread rationalist ideas; many 18th century European and American leaders belonged to it |
Denis Diderot | Put together the "Encyclopedie," a 17-volume compendium of knowledge at that time |
Voltaire | One of the Encyclopedistes who sharply criticized institutions, especially the Church, saying, "Crush the thing!" |
Jean-Jacques Rousseau | French political philosopher who espoused the principles of liberty and equality in his chief work, "On the Social Contract" |
Jesuits in the 18th century | They were hated and repressed by the philosophes because of their great love for the Church and scholarship; they raised the only serious counterattack to Enltmt. ideas. |
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