英国文学课件 lit7 Enlightenment.pptVIP

Enlightenment 18thcenturyAgeofReasonIndustrialRevolution—atthe2ndhalfof18cBourgeois(middleclass)becamethemainclassinthesociety.Theybelievedinself-relianceandhardworking.PhilosophyMancouldreasonandgovernhimself.“Ithink,thereforeIam.”Theybelievedinthepowerofreason.Butthisrightofreasonisnothingotherthantheidealizedreignofthebourgeoisie.JohnLock:Naturalrightsofmanshouldbeprotectedbyarulerinasocialcontract.Equality—noclassdistinctionsforjusticeInFrancethereweresuchgiantsasMontesquieu,Diderot,Voltaireand