SPREADING NEW IDEAS

ESSENTIAL QUESTION

• Who was willing to embrace the new ideas about science?

PHILOSOPHES

• Those who believed in the new ideas from Galileo, Newton and others.

SALONS

• Gathering places for the philosophes to discuss issues of the time.

ENCYLCLOPEDIAS

• Reference books that contained info on arts, sciences, government, etc.

ENLIGHTENMENT

• Philosophes wanted rest of world to understand the new ways of thinking.

ESSENTIAL QUESTION

• Who were the philosophes?

MONTESQUIE

• Created idea of three branches of gov.• LEGISLATIVE- makes laws• EXECUTIVE- enforces laws• JUDICIAL- interprets laws

VOLTAIRE

• Proposed freedom of religion.• FREEDOM OF PRESS- right to publish ideas

without fear of arrest.

LOCKE

• SOCIAL CONTRACT- if gov. fails to protect people’s rights, they can get a new gov.

WOLLSTONECRAFT

• Thought men and women should have equal rights.

ESSENTIAL QUESTION

• What were artistic ideas of the Enlightenment?

COMPOSERS

• Those who write songs.

ORCHESTRAS

• Large groups of musicians.• PERCUSSION- keeping the beat.• STRINGS- violin, cello, etc.• WOODWINDS- clarinet, oboe, etc.• HORNS- trumpets, trombones, etc.

OPERA

• A play which is sung.

ROMANTICISM

• Art that celebrates human emotions.

REALISM

• Romance does not always work out.

METAPHYSICS

• Study of the existence of God.

KANT

• Divided thoughts in two parts:• PHYSICAL WORLD- can be proven.• SPIRITUAL WORLD- can’t be proven.