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Enlightenment and Revolution

Enlightenment and Revolution. Enlightenment. Enlightenment Themes. Reason Scientific method Progress Scepticism Rene Descartes (1596-1650) David Hume (1711-1776). Scientific Method. John Locke (1632-1704). Two Treatises on Government.

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Enlightenment and Revolution

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  1. Enlightenment and Revolution

  2. Enlightenment

  3. Enlightenment Themes • Reason • Scientific method • Progress • Scepticism • Rene Descartes (1596-1650) • David Hume (1711-1776)

  4. Scientific Method

  5. John Locke (1632-1704) Two Treatises on Government

  6. Charles-Louis de Secondat (Montesquieu) (1689-1755) Spirit of the Laws (1748)

  7. Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) The Social Contract (1762)

  8. Broadening Discussions • Transnational “Republic of Letters” • Academies • Salons • Increasing literacy • Cheap books • Academic journals • Bookstores • cafés

  9. Café Procope

  10. Enlightenment Equality?

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