Chapter 20 Enlightenment and Revolution

20.4 The Enlightenment

I. Crusaders of the Enlightenment

A. Enlightenment- 1700’s- belief that reason and scientific method could logically explain human nature

B. Rationalism- the belief truth can be determined solely by logical thinking

C. Philosophes- thinkers of the Enlightenment- critics of society

D. The Encyclopedia- handbook describing the ideas of the Enlightenment- edited by Denis Diderot

II. Political CriticismsPhilosoph Denis

DiderotBaron de Montesquieu

Voltaire Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Mary Wollstonecraft

Contribution(work)Idea

What philosophies are shared by the above people?