the transiotion from the mideavil worldview to a largely secure secular, rational, and materialistic perspective that began in the seventeenth century and was popularized in the eighteenth
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Enlightenment
an eighteenth century intellectual movement, led by philosophies, that stressed the application of reason and the scientific method to all aspects of life
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Philosophe
intellectuals of the eighteenth centrey enlightenment who believed in applying a spirit of rational criticism to all things, including religion politics, and who focused on improving and enjoying this world, rather then the afterlife.
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Tabula rasa
a blank mind, (our knowledge, then, is derived form our environment, not r=from heredity; from reason, not from faith)
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Natural rights
certain inalienable rights to which all people are entitled, including the right to life, liberty and property.
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Separation of powers
a doctrine enunciated by Montesquieu in the eighteenth century that separate executive, legislative, and judicial powers server to limit and control each other
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The Social Contract
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General Will
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Deism
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