Age Of Enlightenment In Europe

Duration: 14

Year Published: 1965

Format: 16mm

Description: Explains that the application of reason to science by such men as Copernicus, Galileo, and Newton led to the Age of Enlightenment and the application of reason in social relationships and government. Then discusses the works and influence of Locke, Montesquieu, Voltaire, Rousseau, and Diderot. Points out that the American Revolution and the French Revolution were attacks on the established order which stemmed directly from the Age of Enlightenment.

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