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712828059began mercantilismColbert
712828057wrote about manipulative court etiquette ("Princesse of Cleves")Madame de Lafayette
712828058favored by Louis XIV, secretly mocked pretentions of the aspiring elite classMoliere
712809800playwrights who represented Louis XIV's values through their plays (order & self-control)Corneille & Racine
712543030absolutist, humans are naturally badHobbes
712543031constitutionalism, general will, tabula rasa, empiricismLocke
712551032Dutch philosopher, God = natureSpinoza
712560342"Pascal's wager", skeptical about human ability to forge order out of chaos, defended JansensPascal
712560343personal liberties -- freedom of press and of religionMilton
712582241against slaveryFather du Tertre
712809801Rococo painters who emphasized sensualityBoucher & Watteau
712809802worked for both church and newly receptive publicBach
712809803introduced oratorio (drama of opera + majesty of religious music)Handel
712809804"Robinson Crusoe" reflected value of entrepreneurial ingenuityDaniel Defoe
712809805big and healthy population vital to future of stateWilliam Petty "Political Arithmetik"
712809806made heliocentrism popular/accessible to publicFontenelle
712809807religious skeptic, against intoleranceBayle
712809808travel writer critical of French despotism, punishment should fit crimeMontesquieu
712809809hosted best-known salonsMadame Geoffrin
712809810originally proposed heliocentrismCopernicus
712809811discovered that universe changes (personally rejected heliocentrism)Brahe
712809812elliptical orbitKepler
712809813invented telescope, found evidence for heliocentrism & idea that universe was not perfect (saw craters on moon)Galileo
712809814confirmed elliptical orbit, inspired deismNewton
712809815against religion b/c it encouraged fanaticism, deist, believed in enlightened monarchyVoltaire
712809816inductive reasoning (detailed facts to general principles) and empiricism (sensory observations lead to formation of abstract ideas)Bacon
712809817deductive reasoning (general to particular/ cause to effect) rationalist (reason is the source of knowledge)Descartes
712809818inspired capitalism and free market/ laissez faire (believed individual will benefited community)Smith
712809819inspired romanticism and democracy (should subject individual will to general will), anti-womenRousseau
712809820religion rested on superstition as opposed to reasonHume
712809821b/w empiricism & rationalism, categorical imperative, valued independent/free thought above allKant
712809822Encyclopedia, deductive reasoning, against established religionDiderot
712809823British travel-novel writer, conflicting view of natives (pure v. savage)Cook
712809824wanted religious toleration for jews and ability to critique govLessing
712809825tried to bridge German-Jewish cultures (believed Judaism was a rational religion & persecution would end when reason triumphed)Mendelssohn
712809826romantic writer ("Sorrows of Young Werther")Goethe
712809827founded Hasidism, emphasized mystical aspects of religion as opposed to strict religious studyIsrael ben Eliezer
712809828enlightened ruler of PrussiaFrederick II "The Great"
712809829enlightened ruler who valued retaining her power over enlightenment idealsCatherine the Great of Russia
712809830originally composed for nobility but works were later publicly performed,Haydn & Mozart
712809831wrote children's books (popular new form b/c of emphasis on children's education)Stephanie de Genlis
712809832innocent until proven guilty, no torture/ death penaltyBeccaria
712809833Austrian leader tolerant of other religions, broad educational reformsJoseph II

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