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    freedom of speech‚ equality among more people. So much changed; such as‚ the world of arts. The Enlightenment changed a lot in the lives of people. It changed the arts; music literature‚ and painting. One‚ of the many things that changed during the Enlightenment period was music. Before the Enlightenment music was called the Baroque Music. In those times Bach and Handel were popular. When the Enlightenment came and changed things it was now called Classical Music. Classical was all about dynamics‚

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    The daily assignment I did was a packet titled “The Enlightenment Philosophers: What was their Main Idea?” This packet is a Mini Document Based Question- also called a Mini-Q- which is used to enhance our understanding on a certain topic that we are learning. In this case‚ the Mini-Q provided me with information on the philosophies of some influential philosophers during the Enlightenment period. These philosophers are: John Locke‚ Voltaire‚ Adam Smith‚ and Mary Wollstonecraft. In the Mini-Q there

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    The transformation from the medieval world into the early modern world can be best represented through the Renaissance and the Enlightenment‚ both of which were major recurring themes and had influence on numerous events that occurred throughout the early modern period. The Renaissance was a cultural movement that originally began in Italy in the end of the medieval period and later spread throughout northwestern Europe‚ marking the beginning of the early modern period (PWH‚ p. 496). As such‚ the

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    Age of Enlightenment. Many of the events that took place created a significant impact on arts and music that guided them to grow over time‚ and expand into what they are known as today. One change that is commonly recognized is the spread of expressions; composers‚ instrument makers‚ and more each worked toward finding a new way of approaching music and art to openly express themselves. This change was the start of exploring ways of personalizing art and music. The Age of Enlightenment was the

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    The British enlightenment was one of the most important enlightenments that paved the foundation of the modern world we live in today. Often overlooked‚ the British enlightenment set the stage for others and brought new ideas to a new age that were revolutionary to say the least. Some of these reasons as to why the British enlightenment paved the way for the modern world are the fact that British enlightenment thinkers brought in new ideas that changed the way we view the world and how it affects

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    The Enlightenment period was as great as it was troubling to citizens across several European nations as well as American colonies. In the first video of the Heroes of the Enlightenment series entitled Power of Knowledge‚ the viewer listens to the stories of four men whom‚ through their work‚ began and shaped the Age of Enlightenment (BBC‚ The Power of Knowledge: The Heroes of the Enlightenment‚ 2012). The intention of this video was to demonstrate how Isaac Newton‚ Denis Diderot‚ Marques of Pombal

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    Immanuel Kant on the Enlightenment The Enlightenment took place during the seventh and eighteenth century in Europe. It was an intellectual revolution that encouraged people to step away from an ancient way of thinking. It first began in Paris but quickly spread over much of Europe. Immanuel Kant was a German philosopher who believed in a “Dare to Know” principle. He argued that people should learn things on their own and think for themselves. Even though Kant believed in thinking for oneself

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    1. The radical enlightenment occurred after 1650 throughout most of Europe and later spread across the world. During this time‚ philosophical thinkers‚ such as Spinoza and Locke‚ spread the ideals of losing connection to all religious ties and simply use human reasoning for everything. This led to a pretty much full-scale attack on secularization‚ both figuratively and occasionally literally. In addition to secularization‚ the Radical Enlightenment brought up the core values of freedom of lifestyle

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    Freedom to think or freedom to act—that is the crux of Kant’s “What is Enlightenment?”. In this essay‚ the German philosopher describes enlightenment as an emergence from nonage: “the inability to use one’s own understanding without another’s guidance” (2). Initially‚ Kant emphatically asserts that the vast majority of people are obedient to and dependant on the thoughts of a few “guardians”‚ either because of laziness or cowardice (2). He even goes as far as to compare men to conditioned cattle:

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    The Romantic Era vs. The Enlightenment: The Ultimate Antithesis When we think back to the romantic era and the enlightenment‚ we create images of old philosophers and writers in the glow of a lamp trekking the way to the beliefs we rely on now by the edge of their pen. The noted people who started the ideals of America such as Locke‚ Voltaire‚ and Rousseau promoted equality for men‚ the free market‚ and that fact that we are created by our experiences. Perhaps we imagine those who blew our minds

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