Test 3 Flashcards

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rationalism

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belief in reason- universe is logical and objective, supernatural realm is irrelevant

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roots of modernity

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  1. humanism
  2. protestantism
  3. scientific revolution
    ** main idea: all have unintended consiquences such as- thinking for youself, corrosive to other beliefs, marginalizing supernatural realm (hope is secular truth), SHIFT IN TRUTH
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truth

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something that fits with human experience, more physical than spiritual, mathematical principles of natural philosophy (isaac newton) principles applied to everything

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isaac newton

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mathematical principles of natural philosophy (principa mathematica)

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premodern worldview

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classical

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classical

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dualism: two tiered view of reality- spiritual and material have nothing to do with eachother

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modern worldview

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enlightenment

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plato

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form (eternal reason)/matter (eternal and formless)– material is all bad, error, and illusion **main idea: relate to christianity: material is good because God made it good, creation ex nihilo

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Augustine/Early Church fathers

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-human dilemma: what is our purpose?
-chrisitans moral problem: sin, violating Gods commands
-then goes to Reformation: luthers worldview

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Luthers worldview/Reformation

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no dividing line between spiritual and material, luther rejects sellebusy, monasticism, dualism, we dont want to separate from this world but we should be in it

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Classical Worldview

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leave material realm behind, want sellebusy over sex, meditation over work, vocation is only spiritual

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Post Reformation Problem

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truth is material realm, descartes (scientific revolution), mind (spiritual reason, thought, emotion) over matter (mechanical, machine), prove existence by thoughts, an attempt to protect the other tier (mind) but ends up maginalizing it, so rationalism came to be– enlightenment begins

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philosophs

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evangelists of rationalism and matter

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newton

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generalized laws (math), natural laws govern the natural world, people became skeptical of scripture so they relied on laws similar to newtons instead, created laws for everything: desire to make everything mathematical for efficiency

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locke

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epistemology of experience, challenges descartes’: we are a tabula rasa (we become the sum of our experiences, blank slate), the point of life is the environment– no sin, no evil, just environment (optimistic)

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epistemology of experience

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by locke: how do we know what we know? based all off of environemnt and expeirences, nature of knowledge

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Religion in the Enlightenment

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rationalism: materialism, anything supernatural goes against the material world, Diesm, Volatre, Candide, Denis Diderot

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Deism

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supreme being makes everything, then doesnt intervene, so we have to figure out the natural laws, no such thing as sin, happiness is the goal

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voltaire

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jailed and exiled from france, wants to end all religion, arguent: look at christians killing eachother because differences in interpretation– put away with it

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candide

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written by voltare: exchange rationalism for chirstianity, a pilgrims progress for rationalism, limit activities to whats right in front of us (tend to our own gardens)

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Denis Diderot

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the encyclopedia: the new version of scripture, best way to do everything

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Political Philosophers

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baron de montesquieu and jean jacques rousseau

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baron de montesque

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political philosopher: “spirit of laws” laws govern political behavior: political liberty- checs and balances, division of politics, American legislature, executive and judicial came from this

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Jean Jacques Rousseau

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“the social contract” - all men are born free, but everywhere they are in chains, state of nature: born free, fall is society and civilization (the chains), redemption is the general will: do what is right for all, wisdom does not come from the majority **main idea: french rev came from these radical ideas–start over

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"A philosopher lecturing on the orrery"
by joseph wright: depicting ideas of scientific revolution, looks so real, individualism (focuses on man and what they are doing), desire to improve technique of art
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"oath of horatii"
by jacques louis david: neoclassicism, taking oath to defend/fight for the people/country, triangles, mathematical, math is truth for politics
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"portrait of paul revere"
by john singleton copley: organized american revolution- silversmith (commoner with a sense of nobility--individualism)
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"marriage ala mode"
by william hogarth: social criticism, everythings a mess, she stayed in he went out, secrets-- hes unhappy and so is she deep down
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Ancien Regime
the political and social system of France before the French Revolution (based on privledge): The First Estate (clergy) The Second Estate (nobility) The Third Estate (commoners)
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Estates General
French's version of parlament (three estates)
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Bourgeoisie
rise of international commerce (urbanization, education, trade), third estate: doctors, lawyers, bankers, writers. dont like ancien regime (because they seem higher up, they think if you work hard you should get results in the class system but they r stuck in third class), third estate also pays the taxes ** love enlightenment
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Nicolas Contat
1730s Paris: "funny cat story", artwork was all killing and torturing cats Significance: level of violence was accepted so they thought it was okay to attack those at the top
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7 years war
control of North America, Great britian vs france, no more french, natives have no buffer, french gives up canada too just for caribbean (for suggar $$$)
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Salutory Neglect
"good" - colonies govern themselves (relearning european history too, learned all these ideas)-- enlightenment ideas: locke, montesque, rousseau, glorious revolution, allowed to overthrow govt., ideas=reality, locke: life liberty, persuit of happiness: declaration of independence (all lead up to this throughout time)
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Actual vs Theoretical Rights
actual: colonies reflect their lived experience, British just thought of them as theoretical (not living them out)
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Significance of 7 years war
British saw it as them fighting the war for the colonists, so they now owe them something, also need money so they pass a bunch of laws that hit colonists (acts)
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Sugar Act
tax on importing molasses and sugar **Mercantillism- cut the tax in half so that the colonists got it from british rather than other countries -- enforced it more
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stamp act
tax on any govt. paper - had to put stamp on it, *BOYCOTT- taking away natural rights because it was a revenue act
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townshed act
tax on tea, glass, lead: *BOYCOTT- revenue act again, RIGHTS, then british back down but just keep the tea in there
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Intolerable Acts
closing harbor, martial law, laws that were meant to "punish" colonies for their resistance to control- only made the colonists more mad and ban together
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Significance of Boston Tea Party
british didnt understand why colonists could get upset because they both had different views of rights (theoretical and actual)
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Tea Act of 1773
port to sell tea directly to coonists without tax (said it was a favor)-- this made every colonist merchant having a tax not get sales, so they dumped the tea (boston tea party)
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France and the Colonies
decided to help colonists out because angry at britian for 7 years war, ideas ended up infecting french and caused their revolution (people can now think for themselves)
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French Revolution
more extreme than american, wanted to make a new social and political order: started and ended with absolute monarch but a lot changed
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Causes of French Revolution
1) Financial Economic 2) Social Structure 3) Ideological **trigger: bad harvest-- nobody was buying goods cuz there wasnt any, meaning no tax on the goods collected, so even more broke
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French and English civil war parallels
both monarchs wanted to be seen as absolute monarchs
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Estates general during the french rev
met in versailles, wanted a better system of voting (stem from american ideas), third estate especially wanted different system
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National Assembly
new constitutions (limitations on king) for new system of govt (third estate wants), king tries to stop it by locking doors, end up in a tennis court, nobility, clergy, and third all agree to work together for a better france (kings authority errodes), king tries to use troops to stop them from meeting, poor people see, rumours spread, mobs rise up cuz they think hes coming for them, they have no ansswers and the king looks like bad guy
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Storming of Bastille
symbol of french military power, poor people storm it, troops come to put down rebellion, but they troops have some family in the poor so they refuse to fight (royale authority evaporates), so king works with national assembly
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fourth of august decrees
no more third estates!! (mobs now happy)
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French Constitutions
takes 2 years to write (estates have a lot of differences), 1791 constitution: limited monarchy, legislative assembly, executive, vote is limited to wealthy people
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Austria and Prussia
declaration of pillnitz (army together to put france down for ideas)
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War on austria??
weird time cuz almost on verge of revolution: reason why is cuz the king wants to lose so that he gets his power back, spreading ideas, war provides unity
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Jacobins
enlightenment driven radicals, russeu ideas, voltare (hates christianity), want to scrap everything and start over (russeu), "make people free" - general will, but war expands
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national convention
jacobsins overthrow national assembly, kill the king and family (setting them free), gillatine,
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levee en masse
military draft, rifles vs muskets, massive draft, no individualism, do what is best for the population (russeu)
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dechristianization
around time of jacobsins: voltare and notredame (kick out RCC), temple of reason, rename streets, make a new calendar, this all backfires cuz too different and nobody likes it
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thermadorian reaction (directory)
change in govt. ending comittee of public safety, jacobins kill themselves but die with purpose because serving general will and it is the best for society
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new constitution (french)
montesqueian ideas (limiting power), two legislative branches to make it harder to do smth (Liberal),
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Napoleon
rises in power, doesnt control the seas, knows how to play politics, well known in france, says rev is over (people want stability), no killing jacobins, mo martyrs, takes away ability to spread ideas by shutting down news papers, consul***, crowns himself emperor: rationalism, crowns himself (compare napoleon to cromwell)
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another new constitution
roman republic model: going back to ancient world, consul lot- govt. put into place by napoleon (30 years old, less freedom and liberty to epople compared to earlier, still satisfired cuz they want stability)
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Concordat
enlightenment idea, peace treaty between napoleon and RCC, religion is useful, morality is good (poor example, they r ok with it lol), "religion is the drug of the people", returns calendar, religious toleration (paid by state so the pastors have to say what he wants them to)
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Civil Code (napoleonic)
redo legal system, single set of laws that regovern whole nation, enlightenment ideas: equality of all citizens before laws, right to chose profession, religious toleration, property rights, but had midevil notions for the family -- husband in charge, women less rights
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Rationalization of govt bureaucracy
smaller administrative districts iwth leaders appointed by napoleon, professional tax collectors that rotate so people dont get annoyed, france has sm money now (1804),
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Napoleons empire colapses because what
britain (battle of trafalgar- pushes back french through spain-- thorn in side), nationalism (makes gemrans realize they had stuff in common because unity in regions and end up going against napoleon), military overextension in russia (tries to get to russia, couldnt make supply line, live off land, oops land is burnt, napoleon gives up throne, napoleon now has his own island)
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Napoleon on Elba
island/own little kingdom
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napoleon comes back..
armies sent to stop him join him, hes back in charge, 1 vs 3, loses, put on st helena and dies
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ending of french revolution
absolute monarchy again- same people back in charge, world has changed, man made ideas are the future, competition of how we are going to live our lives
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