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THE CULTURE OF OPTIMISM - Coggle Diagram
THE CULTURE OF OPTIMISM
Characteristics of the Enlightenment
Optimistic intellectual movement
REASON
Understood as human rationality
Illuminate darkness and society's errors
Overcome baised notions and religious dogmas
Led some thinkers challenge all religious beliefs
PROGRESS
Thought as the development of knowledge
Civilisation could control nature
Well-being and wealth create
HAPPINESS
Considered individual right
Social aspiration
Leaders were obligated to provide
EVOLUTION
Defend its aim throught reforms
Economy
Politics
Culture
Was a reformist movement
Importance on education and pedagogy
Thinkers extend education to people
They ensure that Church didn't monopolise it.
They want to limit basic knowledge
Reserve knowledge to intellectual elites