I. The Glorification of Reason
      The Philosophes
     Locke and Newton
     The European Enlightenment
     Learning Module by Richard Hooker
     Montesquieu and political thought
          proposed separation of powers
          saw need to protect liberty from
          corrupt rulers
II.  The Philosophes
  A. Voltaire   (1694-1778)
    1. His Life
    2. Letters on the English
         opposed intolerance, fought for reason
         & limited government
         view of religion
   3.  Candide
   B . Diderot and The Encyclopedie
  C. Adam Smith
  D. Rousseau
      The Social Contract   1762
         believed the will of the majority should
         prevail
         believed those in civilized societies were
         unhappy, selfish
         those living in harmony with nature were
         happy --  "the noble savage"
   E. Mary Astell
       The Women's Question : Status of Women
   F. Mary Wollstonecraft      --
       Vindication of the Rights of Women  
       Internet Women's History Sourcebook
V. Social and Political Reform in the Enlightenment
     A. Social Environment of the Philosophes
VI. Culture and Society
     A. The Development of the Novel
          Samuel Richardson,  Henry Fielding
     B. popular magazines / daily newspapers
         Spectator
     C. Education and Universities
     D. Crime and Punishment
         Beccaria   (1738 - 1794)
     E. Popular Culture
     F. Deism
        Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
         the influence of Christianity       The Best of Gibbon's

         Enlightenment Glossary