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Chapter 23 The Enlightenment
Chapter 23 The Enlightenment
“I think,
Enlightenment therefore I am.” Rene
Descartes
1.In 16th to 18th centuries,
6. The destinies of the
this was the intellectual
universe and man were
revolution, advances in
controlled by natural laws.
philosophy, science,
To change the physical
literature, and social
reality, one only had to
reform.
discover these natural laws.
Enlightenment Age
Naturalism
2. What is the age where
7. The 18th century thinkers
thinkers used science and
denied the value of religion
reason to change the
or the influence of God in
traditional authority and old
human affairs. The material
ideas about religion,
welfare, not the spiritual
politics, economics, and
life, of man had to be
society?
promoted to make him happy.
Age of Enlightenment
Materialism
3. What are the 5 causes of
8. What is this philosophy
Intellectual Revolution?
where man was by nature good
(1) Renaissance and
and could improve his life by
Humanities
the application of human
(2) Increase of
wisdom and cooperation, has a
universities and schools
wonderful future and society
(3) Printed books and
will improve and progress.
newspapers
Optimism
(4) Increase of rich
patrons
9. What is this philosophy
(5) Rise of materialism
that government and society
must be reformed to serve the
4. What was the philosophy
common welfare, especially of
where reason was the only
the lower classes?
guide to truth, wisdom,
Humanitarianism
happiness, and the solution
to man’s problems?
Rationalism