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Enlightening religion
deism
Thomas Paine argues that he believes in god but
no particular religion (deism)
(Paine)church/religion believed to be
human invention that terrorizes+enslaves mankind, monopolizes power+profit
(Voltaire (??))Enlightening politics: no comparison between crimes of great mean who are ambitious&want power and
people as a whole who want liberty & equality
Enlightening politics: man cannot be free until the last king
is strangled in the last priest's entrails
--angry at institutions that have kept them in the dark (prevent from learning & reason)
--the only legit rule comes from people, not divine
--kings should serve ppl, not the other way around
Enlightening Tradition: nothing should be excepted just because it's
tradition (all customs, habits should be tested)
Enlightening tradition: measuring systems replaced
with metric system
Enlightening tradition: people should be
questioning, curious, wondering
Watchwords of the enlightenment
Utility
measure based on how useful (education)
--measure reform based on utility
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