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THE ENLIGHTENMENT
Enlightenment - An intellectual movement of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries marked by a celebration of the powers of human reason, a keen interest in science, the promotion of religious toleration, and a desire to construct governments free of tyranny.
Denis Diderot: He achieved fame in the Enlightenment era chiefly for editing arguably the key text, his Encyclopdie, which took up over twenty years of his life. However, he wrote widely on science, philosophy and the arts, as well as plays and fiction, but left many of his works unpublished, partly a result of being imprisonment for his early writings. Consequently, Diderot only gained his reputation as one of the titans of the Enlightenment after his death, when his work was published.
Edward Gibbon: Gibbon is the author of the most famous work of history in the English language, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. It has been described as a work of “humane scepticism”, and marked Gibbon out as the greatest of the Enlightenment historians. He was also a member of the British parliament.
David Hume: Building his career after a nervous breakdown, Hume gained attention for his History of England and established a name for himself among Enlightenment thinkers while working at the British embassy in Paris. His best known work is the full three volumes of the Treatise of Human Nature but, despite being friends with people like Diderot, the work was largely ignored by his contemporaries and only gained a posthumous reputation.
THE ENLIGHTENMENT SONG (verse 1) Noww lets review our history Way back in the 18th century, Yess when western culture and philosophy made its wayyy through. Although it seemed to contradict philosophy, It rapidly spreaded through many coun-trysss (chorus) Oooh how I love my history It really means so much to me, Thanks to Denis Diderot, Edward Gibbon, David Hume and otherrrs We now have a different view of life. We now have a different view of liiiiife. (verse 2) Now every country may have their own meaningggg But no matter what its still relieving To finally have an alternative view of life itselffff Ohh and I just love how our historical figures Has discovered more ways to reveal life to us newcoming individualssss. Ooohh yeaaa.
