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Voltaire: Candide – Analysis of the Enlightenment

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In this video, we will discuss Voltaire's attack on philosophical speculation, and his support for a life based on practical concerns (Candide Analysis). My blog: orwell1627.wordpress.com Please help support this channel: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=NENKLMFE999KW Find me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Rugged-Pyrrhus/300243570165822

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Slowly the ideas of philosophers began to spread change in the way things went. Rulers like Catherine the Great, abolished torture and instead brought religious tolerance in their lands.

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Ideas were spread in salons which are informal social gatherings consisting of writers, artists, and philosophers. It originated in the 1600's and it is where people exchange ideas and socialize.

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The Enlightenment inspired new forms of music like classical music which is elegant like the rococo style of art. Opera and ballet were also popular and took place in royal courts and newly built opera houses.

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In the 1700's fictional novels became popular works of writing for a wider audience.

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An agreement to give up freedom for an organized society.Thomas Hobbes believed this was essential to having a powerful government.

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A British social critic that published a book explaining how women should not have to depend on their husband and that education was a tool to participate just as equally as men in life.

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An influential thinker that studied the governments of Europe, Italy and France. Wanted to divide the functions and powers into three branches, the legislative, executive and judicial.

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Famous philosopher who wrote about corrupted officials, inequality and injustice. His opinions offended the French government and the Catholic Church.

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Baroque paintings were huge and colorful while Rococo style of art was light and elegant.

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Rulers such as Frederick ll who openly praised Voltaire's work, used their powers to bring political and social change.

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