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The Age of Reason - Coggle Diagram
The Age of Reason
the key ideas were
rationality
politeness
moderation
simplicity
authenticity
also called
Enlightenment
European intellectual movement
created between ⅩⅦth and ⅩⅧth
centuries
the aim was freeing people's mind
against
obscurantism
using
knowledge and science
ignorance
superstition
enlightened thinkers want to understand and
improve the world
there is a new
optimistic
view
of the world
this optimism encouraged explorations
towards new horizons, like
Australia and New Zeland
"
Augustan
age"
Political and social stability were similar to the August's Roman reign
In this period
women
became more indipendent
Some women began a
writing career
they influenced the rise of the
novel
as the most famous genre of this time
thanks also to female writers
happened a
reduction of book prices
English garden
was invented
it espressed values as
freedom, balance
and simplicity
A relationship between man and nature
was established
english gardens were copied in
all Europe
thanks to Galileo Galilei and
Joannes Kepler
The experimental method
was established
It is based on the
observation
of the phoenomenon and the costruction of
hypotheses
that are verified through
experiments
The British exponents of this
new approach to science were
Isaac Newton
he demonstrated the laws of
universal gravitation and motion
John Locke
He was an important
exponent of
empiricism
empiricists argued that knowledge was
made through personal experiences
and sensory perceptions
cultural and social debate
sports like boxe and fox hunting became popular
