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    As the most profound and significant intellectual movement since the Renaissance in Europe‚ the Enlightenment in eighteenth century was never a coincidence‚ instead it was set in complicated economical‚ scientific and social context. With the growing power of emergent capitalist industrialism‚ the new middle class who had known poverty and hardship‚ and most of whom had obtained their present social statue through hard work‚ put high value on the virtues of self-discipline‚ thrift and hard work.

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    EDUCATION – PATH TO ENLIGHTENMENT AND POWER Good morning respected teachers‚ judges and my dear friends. I am Mayank Apte from class X representing bhakti house and I am going to speak on the topic ‘education- path to enlightenment and power.’ Education – the word itself means the theory or practice of teaching. Education has been there since the past times when great thinkers and mathematicians like Aryabhatta and Bhaskaracharya gave the world a new way of learning. Aryabhatta gave the utmost

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    national‚ European and world markets. Major changes in art‚ music‚ literature and religion wrecked the system of medieval values. Another period marked by significant changes‚ is the eighteenth century or an age of Enlightenment. Although present throughout Europe‚ the origins of the Enlightenment are closely associated with France and its philosophers such as Voltaire‚ Rousseau and others.

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    The Enlightenment shook the grounds of Europe‚ seeking a more intellectual society. Centuries later‚ the Great Awakening had a similar effect on America; pulling the colonies back to religion. Although the Enlightenment and the Great Awakening were pushing for two different causes‚ and took place on opposite sides of the globe‚ the two eras are quite alike. Both of these time periods produced profound intellectual and religious ideas. A major goal of the Enlightenment was to utilize the means learned

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    The Enlightenment is a difficult phenomenon to teach or explain because it seems wispy‚ airy‚ it doesn’t have clear boundaries‚ and it is hard to catch. Essentially‚ the Englightenment was an intellectual movement where everyone started to think about everything differently than they did before. It was quite revolutionary‚ as manifested in the American Revolution. The Enlightenment‚ taking place within the eighteenth century‚ brought with it the “modern” world. In order to understand the Enlightenment

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    Enlightenment vs Romanticism The enlightenment was an 18th century movement that emphasized reason to change society and advance knowledge. The enlightenment changed how people all over Europe‚ and later North America‚ thought about religion‚ hierarchy‚ monarchy‚ and science. People began to question the church and there was a loss of unity in the christian church. It was a time in which people began to think more about themselves without the influence of the government and their church. The enlightenment

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    Enlightenment vs Romanticism Romanticism was a rebellion that constructed itself in opposition to the previous Enlightenment period. For philosophers and artists during the Enlightenment period life was defined by logic and reason. During the Romantic movement‚ the individual self as well as turning to nature as an explanation for life was the prime focus. Both the Enlightenment and Romantic periods gave way to some of history’s most influential work in literature‚ art‚ poetry‚ and philosophy. Often

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    Paris was the heart of Enlightenment. In the Age of Enlightenment from the early 18th century to 1789‚ various forces such as population growth‚ the growing tension between social classes‚ the authority municipality and the Enlightenment movement‚ interrelated together and shaped the urban form of Paris. At the same time‚ the rationalism and intellectual interchange set the ground for the formation of modern urbanism. In the 17th century‚ the population of Paris was about 510‚000‚ rose shapely

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    Period 3 Enlightenment 31 January 2016 Development of Religion during the Enlightenment Prior to the Enlightenment‚ belief in God was widely accepted. Everyday questions were always solved by simply turning to the teachings of religion. Even political problems were solved in a similar manner. Christians consulted the Old Testament numerous times to solve issues of the community. Concepts such as the separation of church and state did not yet exist. This all changed during the Enlightenment. It had

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    Why is Enlightenment significant? Though originally an apprentice to Horkheimer and Adorno‚ Habermas’ was not entirely in agreement with the two theorists when it came to their views on the Enlightenment. He seemed to suggest that his mentors went too far in their examination‚ and he stressed that they gave scientific reason too much credit‚ choosing himself to base his arguments in the belief that human life and cognitive processes were stronger than simple scientific reasoning. One of

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