Those opposed to Enlightenment ideas often censored publications, persecuted intellectuals, and suppressed dissenting voices to stop the spread of information. They used tactics such as book banning, imprisonment of thinkers, and controlling education to limit the influence of Enlightenment principles.
The Age of Enlightenment, also known as the Age of Reason, was an intellectual and cultural movement in the 17th and 18th centuries that emphasized reason, science, and individualism as opposed to traditional authority and superstition. It led to advancements in fields such as philosophy, science, and politics, and had a lasting impact on Western thought and society.
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John Locke (social contract opposed to monarchy and supported equality/natural rights), Thomas Hobbes (social contract in favor of monarchy to prevent anarchy), Voltaire (stirred pot w/ satire, spread Newton's ideas), Montesquieu (Suggested 3 branch separation of powers), Spinoza (biblical criticism/embrace science), Rousseau (social contract that put society over individual), Adam Smith (economist that opposed mercantilism, founder of laissez-faire economics). Absolute Enlightenment: Catherine II (The Great) of Russia (Tried to enact major reforms to aid all classes, but still protected nobles, enacted censorship), Joseph II of Austria (put smack down on Church/clergy, allowed more religious freedom, abolished serfdom).
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They didn’t need it. The enlightenment thinking presented a philosophy that was opposed to the the idea that only a king could rule. They gave an revolutionary idea for it’s time. People didn’t have to accept it.
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No. The Founding Fathers were inspired by Enlightenment ideals and opposed to despots. The Ancient Egyptian system and the contemporaneous Egyptian governates were despotic regimes that opposed almost all Enlightenment ideals. As a result, the Founding Fathers did not use Egypt as inspiration.
Typically enlightenment is associated more with Buddhist traditions but the idea of enlightenment is universal to eastern thought in some way or another. What made Buddhism different is that enlightenment was able to be achieved by anybody from anywhere as opposed to the caste ideology of the Hindu religion. To answer your question directly, no. Enlightenment, as I assume you are thinking about it, is a Buddhist tradition.
They waged a war of censorship. They banned and burned books and imprisoned writers.
Those opposed to Enlightenment ideas often censored publications, persecuted intellectuals, and suppressed dissenting voices to stop the spread of information. They used tactics such as book banning, imprisonment of thinkers, and controlling education to limit the influence of Enlightenment principles.
a) it was opposed to the absolute power of monarchs, and the Emperor of Austria was an absolute monarch. b) The Emperor of Austria was Marie-Antoinette's brother