Enlightenment Coffeehouse

Name______Mr. Driscoll

Date______World History

Enlightenment Coffeehouse

Introduction:

The Enlightenment was an intellectual revolution. The discoveries of the Scientific Revolution (1600’s) inspired intellectuals to question all aspects of society from government and religion to economics and education. The result was a new approach and challenge to old institutions that brought great change to many aspects of civilization. The movement, that stressed reason and the scientific method as a means of studying human behavior and institutions, reached its peak in the 1700’s. The ideas of the Enlightenment quickly spread through gatheringsin salons and coffeehouses where intellectuals would discuss ideas.

In order to develop an understanding of the wide-ranging effects of Enlightenment thinking on the political, economic, religious, social, and intellectual climate of the eighteenth century, you will be assuming the role of a “philosophe” in a coffeehouse.

Preparation:

You will be assigned one of the following Enlightenment figures. Although not all are strictly speaking philosophes, they all contributed to the period of Enlightenment.

John Locke

Isaac Newton

Baron de Montesquieu

Voltaire

Denis Diderot

Adam Smith

Cesare Beccaria

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Mary Wollstonecraft

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You will use your Glencoe text, and at least two other sources to find the following information about your Enlightenment figure:

(One place to start your internet research is the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy…

http://www.iep.utm.edu/)

1)  When and where were you born?

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2)  Where did you spend most of your adult life?

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3)  What were your major contributions to Enlightenment thought?

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4)  Explain your views on at least three of the following topics:

Ø  Government: What type of government do they advocate?

Ø  Economics

Ø  Religion

Ø  Women

Ø  Education and child rearing

Ø  War and the military

Ø  Crime

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5.  If you were alive today, would you be satisfied with social conditions and the type of government we have in the United States? Why or why not?

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6.  What do you think of the way students are educated at Putnam? What are the most important subjects to study?

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Additional Sources (Extra Credit):

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