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'''"The Enlightenment" or the "European Enlightenment''' | '''"The Enlightenment" or the "European Enlightenment''' | ||
'''Overview''' | '''Overview''': | ||
* 1680-1790 | * 1680-1790 | ||
* an intellectual "Age of Reason" | * an intellectual "Age of Reason" | ||
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* pursuit of happiness: focus on the human condition | * pursuit of happiness: focus on the human condition | ||
* diffusion of knowledge: books, pamphlets, publications, libraries, universities | * diffusion of knowledge: books, pamphlets, publications, libraries, universities | ||
== Background and historical context == | == Background and historical context & causes == | ||
* the Enlightenment arose during a time of tremendous change and uncertainty | * the Enlightenment arose during a time of tremendous change and uncertainty | ||
** religious wars | ** religious wars | ||
** expanding world connections | ** expanding world connections | ||
** economic growth and cycles | ** economic growth and cycles | ||
* it may be seen as a clash of the old and the new: | |||
** new science, new technologies, new religions, new forms of government | |||
* it would be wrong to say, however, that the Enlightenment created the modern world | |||
** change is incremental | |||
** ideas evolve over time | |||
** people and institutions resist change | |||
** events shape that change | |||
=== Protestant | === Protestant Reformation === | ||
* a product of the Protestant Reformation | * a significant and/or direct cause of the Enlightenment = the protestant reformation | ||
* of a product of the Protestant Reformation | |||
=== Age of Discovery === | === Age of Discovery === | ||