Scottish Enlightenment

The week we read two texts on the mindset and alternative viewpoints of the Enlightenment: Larry Wolff's Inventing Eastern Europe: The Map of Civilization on the Mind of the Enlightenment, and Laurent Dubois' “An enslaved Enlightenment: rethinking the intellectual history of the French Atlantic." Much of this paper will focus on Wolff's text because it is the larger of the two, but there are common themes between the two texts that I wish to cover as well. Inventing Eastern Europe, explores the…

The enlightenment was a European intellectual movement of the late 17th and 18th centuries emphasizing reason and the progress of individuals. The five main concepts of the Enlightenment were reason, nature, happiness, progress, and liberty. The Enlightenment was mostly led by the philosophers of Europe including Cesare Beccaria, John Locke, Mary Wollstonecraft and Thomas Hobbes. Another one of these philosophers was Francois Marie Arouet, otherwise known as Voltaire. Voltaire often used satire…

intellectual, philosopher, writer, and a composer. Rosseau had a substantial impact in the Enlightenment era through his political thinking. He published many works including Discoure on the Arts and Sciences and The Social Contract. Rousseau’s publications and philosophical propostions have signicant influence in the US Constitution and government. Rousseau was one of the most influential thinkers in the Enlightenment. In 1750, he publised his first preeminent work, “A Discourse on the…

Enlightenment Authors and Their Works The Enlightenment Era was an intellectual movement which took place in Europe during the seventeenth and eighteenth century. This movement, also known as the age of reason, holds importance because world ideas such as order, balance, logic and reason dominated. The Enlightenment Era was empowered by the Scientific Revolution. This philosophical, cultural, intellectual and social movement spread throughout England, France, Germany, and Europe during the…

During the enlightenment period there were many changes going on in the world, in particular the literature that was being produced during that time. The enlightenment period was also known as the age of reason, and the movement into the idea deism. These changes can be characterized in many distinct ways, which can be exemplified through the works of Candide by Voltaire. In this travel narrative, the main character, Candide, explores and adventures to newly discovered countries and places, in…

Napoleon Bonaparte was an important individual that affected French and European History from 1799 to 1815. He was mainly known for his great military exploits, rapid rise to fame, and his tragic end. He was ambitious and had lots of self-confidence which helped him win the support of the people around him. He was loved by all the French people because they believed he brought back France from the pit of despair. So he was known as the leader of France. However, many people believed that he was…

beliefs and ideas flowing from a number of significant diplomats all over the globe. While the influences of the Age of Enlightenment are visible even in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the events of the 1930's and 40's such as the Holocaust, The Rape of Nanking, and African American Slavery were really instrumental in the creation of the document. The Age of Enlightenment, for instance, was an intellectual and scientific movement in 18th century Europe characterized…

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…

1. In what ways has the Enlightenment influenced life in America today? Provide at least two examples. The Enlightenment influenced life in America today because it first tipped the first domino to what lead to America becoming independent. The first passage states, “Reason had led many thinkers to the conclusion that kings and queens were ordinary mortals, and that conclusion implied many kinds of uncertainty.” (93). This first domino was people realizing that kings and queens were humans like…

in english drawing rooms and discussed things such as government, politics, economics, and social struggles. This brought about the Age of Reason or Enlightenment Period. The Enlightenment was a time that brought thought and reason to the people in society with the help of philosophers. John Locke was one of the many philosopher of The Enlightenment who believed in natural rights and equality of man, although relate to class or position. Locke states in his writing Second Treatise on Civil…