HIS230H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Freemasonry, Natural Philosophy, Deism
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Philosopher = lover of wisdom philosophe (french), more about someone creative, brings something new to academia rather than just reflection and musing, acts according to reason, social aspect, redesign of society. Clean, pure, ceoclassical: kant, use of reason, but with fear that it may go too far, bring society into darkness sapere aude . It was an ongoing process nonetheless complex series of forces, both bad and good. Began of the 18th century fashionable to call people enlightened, doesn"t follow what others told them, well read, light of knowledge that could banish the darkness of ignorance and whatnot from humanity . A search for the practical ways to bring education, intellectual/religious freedom, etc to people. The majority of books published in 18th c were written by writers who wrote according to market demand, popular-based market. How did the ideas of the philosphe affect social thinking. Strangers , allowed for less inhibition, could freely speak their mind.
