Enlightenment Period and Thinkers PDF

Enlightenment Period Cycle 4, Meeting 1  I was todays years old when… Think of new facts that you just found out recently. Share it with the class!  It took me 16 whole years to realize that ‘st’ in 1st, the ‘nd’ in 2nd and the ‘rd’ in 3rd is bec...

Enlightenment Period Cycle 4, Meeting 1  I was todays years old when… Think of new facts that you just found out recently. Share it with the class!  It took me 16 whole years to realize that ‘st’ in 1st, the ‘nd’ in 2nd and the ‘rd’ in 3rd is because its THE LAST 2 LETTERS OF THE WORDS.” There’s a fruit called ‘Pineberry.’ It’s a white strawberry that apparently tastes like pineapple. loofahs are the innards of a gourd  When did you discover these things? What is your aha moment in life? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q10lD0npXJo Enlightenment period  The Enlightenment could not have happened without the Scientific Revolution. https://dlcl.stanford.edu/sites/default/files/images_upload/salon-geoffrin-f_copy.jpg  AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT A European intellectual movement of the 17th and 18th centuries in which ideas concerning God, reason, nature, and humanity were synthesized into a worldview. Central to Enlightenment thought were the use and celebration of reason, the power by which humans understand the universe and improve their own condition  The Enlightenment produced numerous books, essays, inventions, scientific discoveries, laws, wars and revolutions. Spread of Ideas Salons The Encyclopedia  The Early Enlightenment: 1685-1730 EARLY ENLIGHTENMENT John Locke argued that human nature was “mutable” and that knowledge was gained through accumulated experience rather than by accessing some sort of outside truth. Isaac Newton’s calculus and optical theories provided the powerful Enlightenment metaphors for precisely measured change and illumination.  The High Enlightenment: 1730-1780  HIGH ENLIGHTENMENT It was also a time of religious (and anti-religious) innovation, as Christians sought to reposition their faith as materialists argued that the universe seemed to determine its own course without God’s intervention Locke, along with French philosopher Pierre Bayle, began to champion the idea of the separation of Church and State. Coffeehouses, newspapers and literary salons emerged as new venues for ideas to circulate.  The Late Enlightenment and Beyond: 1780-1815 LATE ENLIGHTENMENT The French Revolution of 1789 was the culmination of the High Enlightenment vision of throwing out the old authorities to remake society along rational lines, but it devolved into bloody terror that showed the limits of its own ideas. Group Activity Each group is Task: Read on the assigned assigned one thinker and discuss the Enlightenment following questions: thinker. Textbook pp. 196-198 1- Thomas Hobbes 2- John Locke Guide Questions: 3- Montesquieu 1.What were this thinker's main ideas? 4- Voltaire 2.How did these ideas challenge the 5- Rousseau status quo? 6- Kant 3.How do these ideas influence our 7- Diderot society today?  SYNTHESIS What kind of “Enlightenment” philosophy should the Filipinos adapt based on the current issues of our country? TED JEEPGY: Youth Empowerment, Justice and Peace ASSIGNMENT: BYOD NEXT MEETING APSA REPORTING Enlightenment Thinkers Cycle 4, Meeting 2  Motivation Which right is most valuable to you at this time? Imagine: How would your life be without that right?  His writings pondered elements of society such as religion and equality Freedom of thought and expression Religious Freedom Rousseau's main ideas included: belief that man was born basically good, and idea that society is what corrupts mankind. He also believed in a social contract that maintained the relationship and balance between a government and its citizens. Rosseau promoted the ideals of a true democracy – one vote, one voice. However, that democracy did not apply to women, Kant conceives the Enlightenment as the liberation (“emergence”) of human beings, and establishes its formal basis through the “think for oneself” principle. He also insists that this “minority” is derived from its own unique responsibility. EQUALITY AMONG WOMEN Mary Wollstonecraft wrote critiques of Rosseau’s theories in “Vindication of the Rights of Women.” She explained that, like slaves, women were not learned simply because they had never been afforded the opportunity to be educated. SEPARATION OF POWERS Montesquieu believed that the study of political and social behavior had to consider socio-economic concerns ABOLISHMENT OF TORTURE Beccaria opposes capital punishment and he argues that torture should never be used against an accused whose guilt has not been officially established. https://www.engagewithease.com/journal-45---ldquothe-enlightened-thinkersrdquo.html SEAT WORK: Complete the chart below. Enlightenment Thinker Idea Current issues that are related to the given idea Voltaire John Locke Jean Jacques Rosseau Immanuel Kant Mary Wollstonecraft Thomas Hobbes Baron de Montesquieu Cesare Beccaria  Synthesis Which famous Filipino personality or hero can you consider to be an enlightened thinker? Why? Ted JEEPGY: Justice and Peace