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Chapter 8: The Age of Enlightenment Sunday, November 28, 2010 I. The Philosophes and others A. The spirit of progress and improvement 1. Enlightenment a) Feeling the europeans had at last emerged from a long twilight b) Past was regarded as a time of barbarism and darkness c) Optimistic beliefs in the historical advance of reason, science, education, social reform, tolerance and enlightened government 2. Faith in progress a) Belief: that the conditions of human life become better as time goes on; progress became explicit (1) Quarrel between Ancients and Moderns (a) Ancients: said works of the the Greeks and Romans had never been surpassed (b) Moderns: said that modern people could do better than the ancients because they built upon their predecessors? achievements

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