Please enable JavaScript.
Coggle requires JavaScript to display documents.
THE ENLIGHTENMENT: THE CULTURE OF OPTIMISM - Coggle Diagram
THE ENLIGHTENMENT: THE CULTURE OF OPTIMISM
Characteristics of the Enlinment
European phenomenon
Spread to America
France main epicentre
Thinkers
Noblemen
The Bourgeoisie
Clergymen
Optimistic intellectual movement
Reason
Progress
Happiness
Gottfried Leibniz
German philosopher
Forerunner of the Enlightenment
Immanuel Kant
Prussian philosopher
He answered the question:
What is Enlightenment?
The evolution of the Enlightenment
Reformist movement
Defended its aims through reforms of
Politics
Society
Economy
Culture
Scientific and technical innovations
Lot of importance on education and pedagogy
More radical critique of the political and social system
Montesquieu
French magistrate
Criticised absolute monarchies
Voltaire
Wealthy, middle-class property owner
Criticised religious fanaticism and the structure of the Church
Rousseau
Middle-class background
Proposed a model of society, sovereignty was in the hands of the people and not of the king
Supported democracy
John Locke
British philosopher
Three individual rights common to all people
The right to life
Liberty
Property
The spread of Enlightnment ideas
18th century, newspapers were published
Spread by word of mouth in gatherings
Reading societies were also established
Scientists and intellectuals gathered in academies
Women in the Enlightnment
Salons: Marie-Therese Rodet
Exchange of ideas for the progress of knowledge
Science, literature and art
More and more women began to work in professions previously only worked in by men
