AGENDA Mini-Lecture: Origins of the Enlightenment Reading Review: 1) An Answer to the Question: What is Enlightenment 2) The Enlightenment HOMEWORK/REMINDERS.

AGENDA Mini-Lecture: Origins of the Enlightenment Reading Review: 1) An Answer to the Question: What is Enlightenment 2) The Enlightenment HOMEWORK/REMINDERS Hamlet Essay Deadline Past (2/24) Hamlet Test see me for feedback or to make it up Enlightenment WS s make up or resubmit for credit Wed, Feb. 26, 2014 The Enlightenment? There is no consensus as to the eras beginning; however, most identify it with the publication of Ren Descartes' Discourse on Method (1637) ~ I think, therefore I am. The Enlightenment was a cultural movement of intellectuals in late 17th- and 18th-century Europe emphasizing reason and individualism rather than tradition and faith. Its purpose was to reform society and advance knowledge through the scientific method. 'Crmonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde ( ) Encyclopdie (1772) Kant (17241804) a Prussian philosopher considered a central figure of modern philosophy who lived near the end of the period What is Enlightenment? The period known as The Enlightenment was unique in that it was the first period to label its own time In 1784, Kant replied to a question posed in an magazine editorial asking: What is Enlightenment? UNIT ESSAY: Analyze and evaluate one or more Enlightenment text.