The Enlightenment #5 Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
What were the origins of the Enlightenment? | The scientific and intellectual revolutions of the 17c. |
What did the Enlightenment thinkers feel? | That change and reason were both possible and desireable for the sake of human liberty. |
What did the Enlightenment philosophers provide? | A major source of ideas that could be used to undermine existing social and political structures. |
Rationalism | Logical reasoning based on facts. |
Cosmology | New world view based on Newtonian physics. Analysis of natural phenomena as systems. |
Secularism | Application of scientific theories to religion and society. |
Scientific Method | Experimentation, Observation, and Hypothesis. |
Utilitarianism (Bentham) | Laws created for the common good and not for the special interests. The greatest good for the greatest number. |
Optimism and Self-Confidence | Anything is possible (a reversal of medieval thinking) |
Tolerance | A greater acceptance of different societies and cultures. |
Freedom | A mind as well as a society free to think, free from predjudice. |
Philosophers | Men who sought to apply reason and common sense to nearly all the major institutions and mores of the day. |
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