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| Age of Enlightenment | Period of time spanning the mid to late 18th century (1720-1790), during this scholars believed in the use of reasons and the scientific approach to society. |
| Enlightenment | a combination of the Renaissance curiosity about the world and the scientific method of the scientific revolution. |
| Philosophes | a group of thinkers who advocated the idea that the people could apply reason to all aspects of life, philosophes believe that society and mankind could be perfected through observation and experimentation. |
| Sir Isaac Newton | discovered the law of gravity (he is considered the last and greatest figure of the scientific revolution; wanted to discover a law of human nature) and is considered the father of enlightenment. |
| Immanuel Kant | a german philosopher who argued that people suffered from nonage |
| Nonage | the inability to use your own intelligence out of laziness or fear |
| Voltaire | frenchman both hated and admired for his fight against tyrany, superstition, ignorance, and prejudice. He argued mostly against religious fanaticism, and critisized french monarchy and religion in his book Candide. |
| Glorious Revolution | 1688, people of England invited William and Mary (protestants) to overthrow James II (catholic). Revolution was bloodless, which resulted in a constitution and bill of rights. |
