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enlightenment

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Enlightenment an 18th-century european movement in which thinkers attempted to apply the principles of reason and the scientific method to all aspects of society.
scientific method a logical procedure for gathering information about the natural world, in which experimentantion and observation are used to test hypotheses.
john locke john locke held a different,more positive, view of human nature.
natural rights(3 natural rights) life,liberty,property
social contract the agreement by which people difine and limit their individuals rights, thus creating an organized society or government.
philosophes one of a group of social thinkers in france during the enlightenment.
5 concepts of enlightenment philosophy reason,nature,happiness,progress,liberty
salons a socail gathering of intellectuals and artists, like those held in the homes of wealthy women in paris and other european cities during the enlightenment.
seperations of powers the assignment of executive, legislative, and judicial powers to different groups of officials in a government.
jean jacsques rousseau was passionately commited to individual freedom.
voltaire he published more than 70 books of political essays,philosophy,history,fiction,drama
baroque style relating to a grand,ornate style that characterized european painting,music,and architecture in the 1600s and the early 1700s
neoclassical style relating to a simple,elegant style that characterized the arts in europe during the late 1700s
enlightened despots one of the 18th century european monarchs who were inspired by enlightenment ideas to rule justly and respect the rights of their subjects
 

 



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