Scientific Revolution
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
Enlightenment
an eighteenth century intellectual movement, led by philosophies, that stressed the application of reason and the scientific method to all aspects of life
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.
Tabula rasa
a blank mind, (our knowledge, then, is derived form our environment, not r=from heredity; from reason, not from faith)
Natural rights
certain inalienable rights to which all people are entitled, including the right to life, liberty and property.
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
The Social Contract
General Will
Deism
Encyclopedia
Vindication of the Rights of Vindication of the Rights of Women
feminism
The Wealth of Nations
Law of supply and demand
Laissez-faire
Salon
High Culture
Popular Culture
Rococo
Enlightened Despotism
Charter of Nobility
Instruction
Partition of Poland
nobility
serfs
Junkers
Pale of Settlement
Pogrom
Ashkenazi Jews
Sephardic Jews