What is Immanuel Kant, a German philosophe, defined “enlightenment” as an individual’s escape from __________________ - a sort of self-imposed intellectual childhood. Enlightenment? Enlightened individuals are capable of thinking for themselves. According to Kant, the only thing necessary to escape from nonage is ___________________. Two institutions dominant in France at the time limited freedom of inquiry: Freedom-limiting Institutions in the eyes of the philosophes: Most philosophes were anticlerical (against the influence of a hierarchical, institutional Church organization – not necessarily against the general concept of religion) in their thinking. “And his hand would plait the priest’s entrails, For want of a rope, to strangle kings.” -- Diderot Natural Religion Revealed Religion (e.g., ____________) (e.g., ____________) Knowledge of God comes from: Knowledge of God comes from: The religion of Deism, which boasted such illustrious adherents as Voltaire, Thomas Paine, and Thomas Jefferson, was a natural religion. The metaphysics of Deism are fairly easily explained: God exists. He created an Sacred texts claiming to contain the revealed word of orderly universe and made it God possible for human to Religious dogmas derived from said texts understand him through the use Miracles, prophecies and religious "mysteries" of observation and reason. Although enlightened ideals spread throughout Europe, _________________ was the epicenter of the Enlightenment. The French “Philosophes” Notable Published Philosophe Contribution(s) to Enlightened Thinking Work(s)
What is Enlightenment? Immanuel Kant, a German philosophe, defined “enlightenment” as an individual’s escape from __________________ - a sort of self-imposed intellectual childhood. Enlightened individuals are capable of thinking for themselves. According to Kant, the only thing necessary to escape from nonage is ___________________. Two institutions dominant in France at the time limited freedom of inquiry: Freedom-limiting Institutions in the eyes of the philosophes: Most philosophes were anticlerical (against the influence of a hierarchical, institutional Church organization – not necessarily against the general concept of religion) in their thinking. “And his hand would plait the priest’s entrails, For want of a rope, to strangle kings.” -- Diderot Natural Religion (e.g., ____________) Revealed Religion (e.g., ____________) Knowledge of God comes from: Knowledge of God comes from: The religion of Deism, which boasted such illustrious adherents as Voltaire, Thomas Paine, and Thomas Jefferson, was a natural religion. The metaphysics of Deism are fairly easily explained: God exists. He created an orderly universe and made it possible for human to understand him through the use of observation and reason. Sacred texts claiming to contain the revealed word of God Religious dogmas derived from said texts Miracles, prophecies and religious "mysteries" Although enlightened ideals spread throughout Europe, _________________ was the epicenter of the Enlightenment. The French “Philosophes” Philosophe Notable Published Work(s) Contribution(s) to Enlightened Thinking
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