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European Age of Enlightenment

Published on Sep 21, 2016

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

The European Age of Enlightenment

Amanda Dickerson, Abby Hass, and Andrew Enriquez
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what it was

  • thinkers began to question authority
  • philosophical, mathematical, and scientific influences
  • lasted from 1685-1815
  • some main thinkers include Voltaire, Diderot, Rousseau, and Montesquieu
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connect to rationalism

  • people began to view their lives from a more rational perspective
  • shape religion around new rational views
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