Enlightenment

The ideas of enlightenment sparked bloody and brutal revolutions throughout Europe and Atlantic colonies. Through the late 17th and mid 18th century the idea of enlightenment was spread throughout the world. Such as in America, America went through their revolution in 1765 to 1783. They fought and won independence from Great Britain, like the Haitians did from France. The American revolution inspired revolutions in Haiti and in France. The Haitian revolution was led by Toussaint Louverture and…

One of the main themes throughout the Enlightenment period deals with man’s place in the universe and his relationship with God. Many Enlightenment thinkers share the thought that God has no imperfections, therefore he created a perfect world that we humans live in today. German philosopher Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz claims that God has created the best of all possible worlds. Two of the most well known Enlightenment writers, Alexander Pope and Francois-Marie Arouet, better known as Voltaire,…

space, I will simply comment upon his initial statement, his key claim from which he builds his argument. His first line reads, “Enlightenment is man’s emergence from his self-incurred immaturity” (1). This alone is marvelous—the diction, the topic, and undoubtedly, the idea. With this combination of words, he manages to convey two very important concepts: man’s enlightenment is suffocated by immaturity, and he is in control—man keeps himself down, though he possesses the ability to rise. In a…

Then Enlightenment also influenced philosophers to communicate revolutionary and innovative ideologies. One of those philosophers was John Locke and his conception of Liberalism. Classic Liberalism focuses on individual rights and a weaker central government. Thomas…

spiritual knowledge. For many years, mankind has been progressing in search for fulfillment. A quest for knowledge became essential during the ancient times, the age of enlightenment to the age of the romanticism. Candide took place during the age of enlightenment. In the event of the enlightenment, many philosophers and enlightenment thinkers has been forming their own ideology of life. Pangloss, a philosopher and mentor of Candide, has a distinctive way of thinking and viewing the actions…

Based on, Immanuel Kant’s definition of enlightenment, we are not at all living in an enlightened age. As Kant explained to his students, in order to achieve enlightenment, one must, “have courage to use your own reason” . This means that people should not be afraid to question anything, and become more independent from others. Also, as it was explained, “laziness and cowardice” are the biggest reasons for the dependence that humans rely on. First, our current reliance on technology makes us an…

By the end of the eighteenth century, the projection of the human mind became physically possible due to the development of science. The intellectual enlightenment, paralleled with the philosophical enlightenment, affected the design of theater architecture during the Reformation of playhouses. The distance between the stage and the audience started from the endeavor to set a frame for the spectators to appreciate the aesthetic…

The English had many reasons for colonization, it would establish markets for their wool, access to raw materials and even their rivalry with Spain. “Discovering” new land would be the perfect opportunity for them to establish markets and to gain raw material, but there was one problem, who was going to live there. “The Chesapeake area, where the tobacco-producing colonies of Virginia for cheap labor, receive about 120,000 settlers, most of whom landed before 1660. New England attracted 21,000…

François-Marie Arouet, one of France’s greatest Enlightenment writers, better known by his pen name Voltaire, wrote the satirical novella Candide that targets the church, nobility, and the French government. It was first published in January or February of 1759 by numerous publishers including Gabriel Cramer, MArc Michel Rey, Jean Nourse, Lambert and others. This book was chosen for me to critique because Voltaire is one of the philosophers that we are currently learning about in class. This…

Causes of the French Revolution Liberty, equality, fraternity and death. These were all outcomes of the French Revolution, but what were the causes? From the extravagant lifestyle of Louis XVI and his wife, to the corruption from inside of the government, there were many causes of the French Revolution. When people think about France they picture the Eiffel Tower or the Arc de Triomphe, but what they fail to remember is the history of France and what happened to the nation to get it to where…