The Enlightenment 启蒙运动·(6-2-1) An intellectual movement of 18th c It was represented Europe which in Germany esp by questioned traditional Lessing, in England beliefs and prejudices, y Locke, Hume and esp in religion, and Newton In france emphasized the primacy by voltaire, Diderot, of reason and strict d'albert and the scientific method Encyclopedists
The Enlightenment 启蒙运动·（6-2-1） An intellectual movement of 18th c. Europe which questioned traditional beliefs and prejudices, esp. in religion, and emphasized the primacy of reason and strict scientific method. ◼ It was represented in Germany esp. by Lessing, in England by Locke, Hume and Newton, In France by Voltaire, Diderot, d’Albert and the Encyclopedists
Montesquieu(1689-1755)孟德斯鸠 (6-2-1) French writer. His "Persian Letters"(1721) satirized contemporary social and political institutions in France and brought him immediate fame. His greatest work The Spirit of the Law 2 (1748), dealing with the nature of the state and science of law, had much influence on later political thin king
Montesquieu (1689-1755) 孟德斯鸠 （6-2-1 ） ◼ French writer. His “Persian Letters”(1721) satirized contemporary social and political institutions in France and brought him immediate fame. His greatest work “The Spirit of the Law ’ (1748), dealing with the nature of the state and science of law, had much influence on later political thinking
Voltaire(1694-1778)伏尔泰(6-2-2) French man of letters historian and philosopher. His prose tales were vehicles for social and political satire. His philosophical work influenced European thought for generations. He was the foremost propagandist for the leading ideas of the 18th C. It has been said that he fostered not a revolutionary proletariat but an ungovernable middle class. He has been accepted as one of the world's great men partly because of force of his personality
Voltaire(1694-1778) 伏尔泰（6-2-2） ◼ French man of letters, historian and philosopher. His prose tales were vehicles for social and political satire. His philosophical work influenced European thought for generations. He was the foremost propagandist for the leading ideas of the 18th c. It has been said that he fostered not a revolutionary proletariat but an ungovernable middle class. He has been accepted as one of the world’s great men partly because of force of his personality
Diderot(17384)狄德罗 (6-2-3) French writer. His direction of the Encyclopedia? was among his greatest achievements. With his powerful intelligence, wide interests and verve, he incarnated (体现) the spirit of the18th c: with his lively imagination and keen sensibility he was a precursor(先驱)of Romantics
Diderot (1713-84) 狄德罗 （6-2-3） ◼ French writer. His direction of the ‘Encyclopedia’ was among his greatest achievements. With his powerful intelligence ,wide interests and verve, he incarnated (体现）the spirit of the 18th c. ; with his lively imagination and keen sensibility he was a precursor(先驱） of Romanticism
Rousseau(1712-78)卢梭(6-2-4) A man of volatile(易变的) emotions but keen mind. he rebelled many dominant values of his time and quarrelled withwith a striking number of contemporaries, e.g. Voltaire, Diderot and hume In the Social contract’he developed a theory of the state based on a contract by which free individuals freely entrust a part of their freedom to the body politic. His political ideas played an important part in the development of modern democracy
Rousseau（1712-78）卢梭（6-2-4） ◼ A man of volatile (易变的） emotions but keen mind, he rebelled many dominant values of his time and quarrelled with with a striking number of contemporaries, e.g. Voltaire, Diderot and Hume. In the ‘Social Contract’ he developed a theory of the state based on a contract by which free individuals freely entrust a part of their freedom to the body politic. His political ideas played an important part in the development of modern democracy