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