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Leaders of the
Enlightenment
This PowerPoint presentation accompanies
Closeup Teaching Unit 6.6.1
Leaders of the Enlightenment
1650-1800,
1
Welcome to The
the Enlightenment
Enlightenment! lasted from
about 1650-
1800.
2
What was the Enlightenment?
Attitude and
method of Enlightenment: A
thought. time when reason
was used to find out
truths about human
beings!
“Dare to Know”
Immanuel Kant
3
Roots of Enlightenment
Renaissance
•Humanism
•Importance of the
individual
•Rediscovery of
classical teaching
4
Roots of Enlightenment
Reformation
Martin Luther challenged the
Catholic Church’s authority
and brought on the
Protestant Reformation
beginning in 1517.
5
Roots of Enlightenment
Scientific Revolution
Observation, logic, and reasoning
You mean,
I’m not the Questioning beliefs and ideas
center of
everything?!
Galileo facing the Roman Inquisition, a
painting by Cristiano Banti, 1857 6
What was the strongest influence
on the Enlightenment?
Wait until
The Renaissance, you see
Reformation, and Scientific how it
Revolution all contributed affects
with new ways of thinking your life!
and looking at things.
How did the
Enlightenment
affect common
citizens?
7
The End
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