HIS109Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Atheism, Persian Letters, Parlement
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You have a responsibility towards nature: universe is a machine we can alter the circumstances which we can control c. i. You know what you can and cannot control c. ii. All to make things better better food, lodging & more happiness e. ii. Society must be product of human ambition: alienable rights we have by being human social goals f. i. Based upon a set of principles which determine the nature of government and social hierarchy f. ii. Our responsibility as humans is to try and create heaven on earth worldview of the age of reason. A whole new basis of human society is emerging everything that went before was wrong based on faulty facts, improper research. Reason enabled us to create human institutions and relations that are natural we will conform to them and we will be happy (pursuit of happiness) Declaration of rationalism declaration of war on the ancient regime. Represents the style, ideas, and opinions of the enlightenment.
