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SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION
AND
THE ENLIGHTENMENT
Brainstorm
Make a list in your notes of everything you
think of when you hear the term
“Scientific Revolution”
Make a list in your notes of everything you
think of when you hear the term
“The Enlightenment”
Make the Connection
Middle Ages
- Church and Pope supreme over Kings and Governments
- Emphasis put on spiritual life and getting into heaven Renaissance
- Bubonic Plague gets people thinking about enjoying life
- Emphasis now on secularism rather than spiritualism
Reformations
- Advent of printing press allows new ideas to spread
- Corrupt nature of the Church is exposed, reforms demanded
- Monarchs begin to take the power that the Church is losing
Scientific Revolution
- Emphasis now put on reason rather than faith
- People began to apply these principles to their own lives and governments Enlightenment
- Took the ideas and principles of the Scientific Revolution and applied it to society Absolutism and Upcoming Revolutions
- Ideas of the Enlightenment and Scientific Revolution influenced the people to demand a change from their oppressive monarchs and they fought for this change
Scientific Revolution:
A Changing View of the World
Main Ideas and Details
Scientific
Revolution
A new
understanding
of the world
Logical
Thought
Scientific
Method
A New Understanding ! (^) Discoveries lead to doubt Columbus’ voyage ! (^) Scholars challenge traditional thought ! (^) Inventions Basic Premises ! (^) Scientific method can answer fundamental questions about society ! (^) Human race can be educated and all people are important Emergence of the middle class ! (^) Belief in God based on reason What Do You Think? What is the Nature of humans? React to the following statements with the cards provided
What do you think? Brainstorm: Make a list in your notes of everything you think of when you hear the word “Government” What do you think? Why do we “need” government? What is Government?
Government :
- an institution that regulates^ the
relationships among members of a society &
between the society and outsiders.
- A system of rule. (control / influence)
Enlightenment Thinking Not Natural Rights: LIFE, LIBERTY, PROPERTY State of Nature - no rules, Need Govt to protect NR Social Contract (see Hobbes) People have right to change or abolish govt, if govt doesn't do its job Locke Lock Enlightenment Thinking is Liberty = Safety Separation of Powers Checks & Balances Montesquieu Montesquieu Enlightenment Thinking is Natural Freedom vs Social Freedom (Social Contract) General Will vs Majority Rule Direct Dem vs Representative Dem (aka Republic) Rousseau Rousseau
Growth of Deism ! (^) Intellectuals believe in God but see him as a "watchmaker" ! (^) Deists skeptical of organized religion Catholic church was attacked ! (^) Deists struggle with personal standards ! (^) Denial of providence (Voltaire) disputed by others (Pope, Rousseau) ! (^) Denial of evil
Investigating the Scientific Rev &
The Enlightenment
! (^) Read instructions for “The Scientific Revolution to the Enlightenment: Baseball Project” ! (^) Discuss among your group a plan of action ! (^) Act
