Enlightenment Vocabulary

Philosophy

• fields of study about the ways humans behave. Among others they include political science, economics, and sociology.

• having to do with the universe. In enlightenment context it means everywhere, all the time.

• truths and patterns in nature

• the study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence

Natural Laws

• fields of study about the ways humans behave. Among others they include political science, economics, and sociology.

• truths and patterns in nature

• having to do with the universe. In enlightenment context it means everywhere, all the time.

• the study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence

universal

• fields of study about the ways humans behave. Among others they include political science, economics, and sociology.

• truths and patterns in nature

• having to do with the universe. In enlightenment context it means everywhere, all the time.

• the study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence

social sciences

• fields of study about the ways humans behave. Among others they include political science, economics, and sociology.

• truths and patterns in nature

• having to do with the universe. In enlightenment context it means everywhere, all the time.

• the study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence

Enlightenment

• a philosophical movement of the 18th century marked by a rejection of traditional social, religious, and political ideas

• truths and patterns in nature

• having to do with the universe. In enlightenment context it means everywhere, all the time.

• the study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence

The Social Contract

• a philosophical movement of the 18th century marked by a rejection of traditional social, religious, and political ideas

• Rousseau's book on government exists only by the consent of the people in order to protect basic rights and promote the common good of society.

• having to do with the universe. In enlightenment context it means everywhere, all the time.

• the study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence

The Leviathan

• a philosophical movement of the 18th century marked by a rejection of traditional social, religious, and political ideas

• Rousseau's book on government exists only by the consent of the people in order to protect basic rights and promote the common good of society.

• Hobbe's book on how a strong government was needed to keep the peace of the people

• the study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence

sovereignty

• a philosophical movement of the 18th century marked by a rejection of traditional social, religious, and political ideas

• Rousseau's book on government exists only by the consent of the people in order to protect basic rights and promote the common good of society.

• Hobbe's book on how a strong government was needed to keep the peace of the people

• supreme power or authority

Baroque Era

• Period of time right before Enlightenment: a highly elaborate style of architecture, art and design that flourished in Europe in the 17th & 18th centuries

• Rousseau's book on government exists only by the consent of the people in order to protect basic rights and promote the common good of society.

• Hobbe's book on how a strong government was needed to keep the peace of the people

• supreme power or authority

separation of powers

• Period of time right before Enlightenment: a highly elaborate style of architecture, art and design that flourished in Europe in the 17th & 18th centuries

• Rousseau's book on government exists only by the consent of the people in order to protect basic rights and promote the common good of society.

• the division of government responsibilities into distinct branches to limit any one branch from exercising the core functions of another

• supreme power or authority