Eighteenth Century Europe

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enlightenement

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Copernicus

geocentric

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wrote the first secular world history

difference between good an evil arose from reason. had low opinion of humans

for religious toleration

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Thomas Hobes

Rousseau

Eighteenth Century Europe

Religious

Churches power decreases but is still was seen as a reasonable religion.

The rise of more superstitions

Technological

steam engine

first ones inefficicient, had to stay in coal mines

James watt makes first successful & economic

Political

philosophes

Montisquieu

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thomas hobbes

The age of the "Democratic Revolution"

England and constitutional monarchy

age of enlightened despots

Austria

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Russia

catherine the great

Prussia

frederick the great

The idea that all humans are natrually evil and this caused them to be selfish.

Social

Freemasons- enlightened people, for toleration & progress

Thomas Hobbes

John Locke

The idea that humans are natrually good and the environment they grow up in forms their opinions and makes who they are.

Economic