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Keywords: Philosophers, Enlightenment, Thinkers, Theorist, Laws, Rights, Olympe de Gouge, Voltaire, John Locke, Thomas Hobbes, Baron de Montesquieu, Jean Jacques Rousseau, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, Adam Smith, Mary Wollstonecraft, and Thomas Paine
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Factual: What were the main ideas of the Enlightenment? What were the causes of the French Revolution?
Conceptual: How did Enlightenment ideas influence the French Revolution?
Debatable: To what extent is King Louis XVI responsible for the French Revolution?
The Enlightenment, or the Age of Reason, began in Europe in the 1700s and spread to many parts of the world. Read the background, ideas and results of the Enlightenment...
Although the Enlightenment took place many years before the outbreak of the French Revolution, its ideas and achievements still had a profound effect on the French Revolution. Read details from this article...
This article briefly discussed several ideas that dominated Enlightenment thought, including rationalism, empiricism, progressivism, and cosmopolitanism...
In this piece, Matthew White traces the Enlightenment back to its roots in the aftermath of the Civil War, and forward to its effects on the present day.
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This article covers among others the Causes of the French Revolution; the Rise of the Third Estate, the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, the Reign of Terror, etc.
BBC article on French writer and political theorist of the Enlightenment, Rousseau's work inspired the leaders of the French Revolution and the romantic generation...
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Books in the Library about Enlightenment
Introducing the Enlightenment by Lloyd Spencer; Andrzej Krauze
Call Number: YA.DSC 940.253 SPE
ISBN: 1840461179
Publication Date: 1996-09-11
This title is now available in a new format. Refer to The Enlightenment: A Graphic Guide 9781848311794.
The Enlightenment and the Age of Revolution by John Sweetman
Call Number: YA.DSC 940.253 SWE
ISBN: 0582084911
Publication Date: 1998-10-21
This volume takes the reader from the ancient regime via the catalysts of the Enlightenment and the French Revolution to a world where artists like Beethoven, Byron and Turner were increasingly autonomous.
Economic Sentiments by Emma Rothschild
Call Number: YA.DSC 330.1 ROT
ISBN: 0674004892
Publication Date: 2001-05-16
In a recreation of the epoch between the 1770s and the 1820s, Emma Rothschild reinterprets the ideas of the great revolutionary political economists to show us the true landscape of economic and political thought in their day, with important consequences for our own. Her work alters the readings of Adam Smith and Condorcet - and of ideas of enlightenment - that underlie much contemporary political thought. This text takes up late-18th-century disputes over the political economy of an enlightened, commercial society to show us how the political and the economic were intricately related to each other and to philosophical reflection. Rothschild examines theories of economic and political sentiments, and the reflection of these theories in the politics of enlightenment.
Rousseau by Robert Wokler
Call Number: YA.DSC 194 WOK
ISBN: 0192801988
Publication Date: 2001-12-06
One of the most profound thinkers of modern history, Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-78) was a central figure of the European Enlightenment. He was also its most formidable critic, condemning the political, economic, theological, and sexual trappings of civilization along lines that would excitethe enthusiasm of romantic individualists and radical revolutionaries alike.In this study of Rousseau's life and works Robert Wokler shows how his philosophy of history, his theories of music and politics, his fiction, educational and religious writings, and even his botany, were all inspired by visionary ideals of mankind's self-realization in a condition of unfetteredfreedom. He explains how, in regressing to classical republicanism, ancient mythology, direct communion with God, and solitude, Rousseau anticipated some post-modernist rejections of the Enlightenment as well.
The French Revolution by Josh Gregory
ISBN: 9780531276686
Publication Date: 2013-09-01
The definitive history series! Strong narratives and eye-catching images tell the stories behind growth and development in the United States and around the world. Sidebars illustrate how history affects the present day Glossaries define important vocabulary specific to each book Timelines and maps increase readers' understanding of historical context Contains commentary about how the event has helped shape the world as we know it Additional content for further learning on this subject available at www.factsfornow.scholastic.com