HIS109Y1 Study Guide - Final Guide: Philosophes, Denis Diderot, Montesquieu
Reading(Guide(–(November(25(
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A"Philosophical"and"Political"History"of"the"Settlements"and"Trade"of"the"Europeans"in"the"
East"and"West"Indies(by(Abbe(Guillaume-Thomas(Raynal(
“Engravings(of(a(Printshop”(by(Denis(Diderot(and(Jean(D’Alembert((
Letters"Concerning"the"English"Nation(–(Voltaire((
A"Treatise"of"Human"Nature(–(David(Hume(
The"Spirit"of"Laws(–(Montesquieu((
The"Social"Contract"–(Jean-Jacques(Rousseau((
“A(Reading(in(the(Salon(of(Mme.(Geoffrin”(–(Anicet(Charles(Gabriel(Lemonnier(
What"is"Enlightenment?(–(Immanual(Kant((
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1) What(is(the(Enlightenment?(How(do(our(sources(differ(in(this(definition?((
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2) What(is(a(philosophe?((
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3) How(are(concepts(like(liberty(and(slavery(dealt(with(in(these(documents?((
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4) What(is(skepticism(and(why(is(it(important(to(the(Enlightenment?((
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5) Were(women(truly(enlightened?(What(was(their(role,(if(any,(in(the(Enlightenment?((
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6) How(are(the(visual(sources(this(week(valuable(to(our(understanding(of(the(
Enlightenment?((
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7) Can(ideas(change(history?((
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