The Enlightenment (1650-1800) (8 St. 56 Min, 22 März 1650 Jahr – 19 St. 4 Min, 8 Jan 1800 Jahr)

Beschreibung:

The Enlightenment (1650-1800) is even called the age of reason
- In French 1715
- Were based a little bit to the French revolution

• Rationalism – logic, reason as source of knowledge
• Empiricism- knowledge comes through experience
• Criticism- critical thinking, argumentation
• Egalitarianism- everybody is born equal
• Deism- rejection of organized religion
Starting point of the middle class:
• More people were literate
• Good manners, restraint, self-control, and common sense
• Appearances, formal style and elegance
• Coffee houses, tea, chocolate

Neoclassic architecture – Neo means new

Arabs and Greeks who started renaissance in Italy
Advancement of ideas like: progress, tolerance, fraternity, constitutional government and separation of church and state.
Birth of democracy and liberalism, The French revolution 1789-1799 and the American Constitution 1789.