Module 24 - Lesson 1

Denis Diderot

Philosopher who edited a book called the Encyclopedia which was banned by the French king and pope.

Voltaire (1694-1778)

championed the enlightened principles of reason, progress, toleration, and individual liberty

censorship

restriction on access to ideas and information

Salon

Informal social gatherings at which writers, artists, philosophes, and others exchanged ideas

Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797)

1. British writer, philosopher, and feminist who wrote "A Vindication of the Rights of Woman" 2. Argued that women are not naturally inferior to men 3. Maintained that women deserve the same fundamental rights as men

Enlightenment

A movement in the 18th century that advocated the use of reason in the reappraisal of accepted ideas and social institutions.

Secular

Non-religious

Age of Reason

Another name for the Enlightenment