1) How was the Enlightenment global in its inspiration and effects?
2) Why were Asian influences more influential in the West during the Enlightenment than Western influences were in Asia?
3) Which Enlightenment thinker to you believe was most influential? Give at least one example where you see that person's idea in our world. Respond to one other person's post explaining whether or not you agree with their choice.
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1) How was the Enlightenment global in its inspiration and effects?
ReplyDeleteEnlightenment helped people believe in the fact that "people are good", and it lead to many inspirations. Enlightenment inspired people to believe that the way of life is being equal. For example in France, which was shown to have the biggest impact from Enlightenment, was the overview of monarchy, radical new rights for citizens, and wars with European state lead to global conflict. We also see Enlightenment having a impact on people because Japanese men started to dress like European men, Chinese boats were sailing in European waters. There are many more of these examples because of how all the cultures took other cultures ideas and started to follow them.
2) Why were Asian influences more influential in the West during the Enlightenment than Western influences were in Asia?
I learned that Asia was the biggest influence on Enlightenment and it was where the Enlightenment started. The Chinese and Japanese ideas about government, which were Confucian belief's, were idealized. They also had Enlightenment despotism, and oriental despotism.
3) Which Enlightenment thinker to you believe was most influential? Give at least one example where you see that person's idea in our world. Respond to one other person's post explaining whether or not you agree with their choice.
Out of all of the thinkers during this time I believe that the most influential was John Locke. The reason why I think he is the most influential is because he was the one that started the idea that everyone should be equal. This was one of the major ideas during the time, and you can see how different areas really tried to make people equal. You can see the change happen mostly in France and the Americas. We see this in France because you can see a major change in how they started to treat people equally. In the Americas the reason why we are independent is because of the idea that people should be equal. There were many revolutions that came with these beliefs. Not everyone and everything was equal at the time, but we today are still not equal.
I agree with Dominique on how John Locke was the most influential person in the Enlightenment. He was the one who stated the natural rights and equality of all. It led to people fighting for their freedom and people earning more equality to all. He began to establish how government should have natural rights as their law and it led to overthrowing some governments in order to establish freedom for all.
DeleteI agree with you dominique, after reading your truly inspiring and descriptive words about John Locke he actually might be the most influential man because of the equality and stuff, very well done .
DeleteI agree with your choice because John Locke's ideas are still relevant in today's modern world. I think it is important to remember that everyone is made equal to maintain balance in the world. I also agree that their still is inequality in the world as well and we need to work on that as a human race
DeleteI agree that John Locke was the most influential thinker as well because it is still used in present day and in different parts of the world people became more accepting of people who weren't like them. I also agree that now-a-days it isn't as equal as it was thought to be or in some cases wanted. Other than that, i completely agree with your response on how Locke was the most influential thinker.
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ReplyDelete1.The Enlightenment was a new way of thinking such as the idea of natural rights such as freedom of religion. It led to the desire of having natural rights in their government so it led to monarchies being thrown over and revolt such as the people in the Americas. It also brought Napolean into power since he promised natural rights to the people who obeyed him.
ReplyDelete2.The ideas of the enlightenment originated from China and Japan and it went overseas. Culture and thoughts and ideas spread to Europe and even through the Ottoman Empire.
3.I would say John Locke and his work with Jean Jacques Rousseau because they established the idea of natural rights for all human beings. The rights of all people such as freedom of religion. It gave people social freedom, equality, and other freedoms that were limited before. This is in our world today such as in America and other countries. In present times, people are still trying to earn their natural rights as human beings. John Locke and Jean Rousseau I would say the most influential because it was the beginning of earning human rights.
John Locke did influence the world greatly since people still follow the natural rights he spoke of, but I feel that Adam Smith was just as influential since he contributed to explaining how a nation can become wealthy. I feel like even without humans rights (I know this sounds bad buttttt) the nation wouldn't be able to continue without wealth.
Delete1) How was the Enlightenment global in its inspiration and effects?
ReplyDeleteThe Enlightenment was global in it's inspiration and effects because it spread ideas universally through communication where concepts developed such as that all people are good as well as equal, people have the right to be economically/politically free, people are born with "Natural Rights", progress is good and organized religion is bad. The Enlightenment effected the world by creating a new thought process in the world. Conflict started to begin since everyone couldn't be equal due to people's different beliefs. The reason why the Enlightenment is considered global because all of these exchanged ideas spread throughout Eurasia, Europe, and the Americas which changed the world they lived in.
2) Why were Asian influences more influential in the West during the Enlightenment than Western influences were in Asia?
Asian influences were more influential during the Enlightenment than Western influences in Asia because Chinese and Japan ideas had more to offer. They for the most part had been successful throughout time due to the type of government they followed which became idealized.
3) Which Enlightenment thinker to you believe was most influential? Give at least one example where you see that person's idea in our world.
I think Adam Smith was the most influential thinker since he is considered the "father of economics." He created the Wealth of Nations including a description of what builds a nations wealth. I see his ideas in our world today such as division of labor and free markets.
Adam Smith was the most influential thinker but John Locke was able to convince people that we are all created equal and because of him we were able to be free today. I think he made it possible to allow most of the world back then to become free and have more rights.
DeleteI agree with everything you had to say. I mean I didn't choose Adam Smith for my answer for number three but I do think that all of the Enlightenment thinkers were extremely influential and important because all of them contributed to the way we live today. I like how you were really specific.
DeleteI agree with you kaitlyn, I like how you were able to go to the point of how he had been the father of economics, and it's great to see someone who thinks that not only John Locke was influential, but again, all thinkers were able to contribute to this period and Adam Smith was one of the. I like also how you compared to to today's economy and your answer were great! :-)
Delete1) How was the Enlightenment global in its inspiration and effects?
ReplyDeleteThe Enlightenment was global in its inspiration and effects because it had spread new thoughts, ideas, technology and science around the world. Thoughts and ideas such as freedom and rights, being able to have political advancements, and people are good (Natural Rights). they also thought that religion was becoming bad because of the fact that it was influencing people. Since people started realizing that they were able to be free and equal this caused an outburst of fights occurring, on who was "right" and who wasn't. The Enlightenment also allowed people to share more ideas, such as the Chinese with the Europeans. The Chinese became a model society for them to follow so the Europeans started o take their ideas in. They incorporated their designs onto their boats, furniture and glass wear. The Enlightenment spread from Europe to Eurasia and the Americas. These new ideas and ways of living changed the way people viewed the world.
2) Why were Asian influences more influential in the West during the Enlightenment than Western influences were in Asia?
Asian influences were more influential in the West during the Enlightenment than Western influences were in Asia because to the Europeans they had more to give to them. Also their way of living, their government because it became idealized, and oriental despotism was a modeled way of living to them.
3) Which Enlightenment thinker to you believe was most influential? Give at least one example where you see that person's idea in our world. Respond to one other person's post explaining whether or not you agree with their choice.
I think that John Locke was the most influential because of the fact that he was able to spread the idea of natural rights around the world and because he started the idea that everyone should be equal. Because of his way of thinking many people attempted to become equal places. His idea had spread all around the world and as Dominique had stated, in the Americas we are able to be free today because of his way of thinking, it spread all the way to the Americas as well.
i agree with you on the idea that John locke was important but i dont think he was the most important as, without any of the thinkers the world woul;d not ever be where we are today. all the thinkers stated in this chapter contributed to the idea of either a people based society or a tyrannical government controlled one. because of this i also think that thinkers such as smith were important as without him, the economy we know of today with its laws and regulations would not exist to the extent that it is, and although natural rights are important, smiths ideas also lead to a revolution of independence that further contributed to freedom, just as Locke did.
DeleteMichelle, I agree with you when you say “John Locke was the most influential because of the fact that he was able to spread the idea of natural rights around the world”. Not only was Locke super influential, he was also advocated for social and economic freedom, as well as equality, which, for the first time, helped promote the idea that people should all be treated the same.
DeleteMichelle, I was absolutely touched by your post. Your post Enlightened me to the ideas of the Enlightenment. I agree with you that John Locke was a very influential thinker of the time because he advocated the idea of these rights we are born with, called natural rights, that cannot be infringed upon by any government. These ideas were so influential that they later influenced Thomas Jefferson into creating the Declaration of Independence and later the Constitution.
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1) How was the Enlightenment global in its inspiration and effects?
ReplyDeleteEnlightenment was global in its inspiration and effects in, for example, China with the Enlightenment despotism, causing Chinese models to shape European political thought. In the 1730s, the elite College Royal in France introduced Chinese studies to India. Muslim Turkey and Persia also influenced Western minds as a model of good and bad practice in government. In the Ottoman Empire there was admiration for religious tolerance and respect for law and minorities. The Enlightenment in the eighteenth century helped areas of the world share different ideas and use them as models to recreate how they did things. Europe was especially influenced by Asia. This also helped people see equality in everyone and that is why groups such as feminists were formed, because now even women were being looked at as equal.
2) Why were Asian influences more influential in the West during the Enlightenment than Western influences were in Asia?
Asian influences had more of an effect on the West than the other way around because European thinkers came to the conclusion that humanity could be improved through rational change and the Enlightenment was all about the equality and freedom of people and progress. The Europeans became strongly influenced by China and Japan when it came to their ideas about government and despotism.
3) Which Enlightenment thinker to you believe was most influential? Give at least one example where you see that person's idea in our world.
They were all extremely influential, you can't really point one out that didn't help form the way we are living today. I think Voltaire and Montosquieu were really effective because they both had that idea of thinking for yourself and having freedom to your own opinion. Especially Voltaire who strongly believed in religious freedom because he thought it was right that people had a choice and had a chance to be different and believe in what they think is right. His idea of religious freedom is of course in our world today because here in America and most parts of the world, you have the choice to believe in whatever faith you want and no one can stop you.
I like your use of examples in explain all of your answers and giving reasons why you were correct, especially the first question. I also like that you do state that "They were all extremely influential, you can't really point one out that didn't help form the way we are living today." I think this was a very bright thing to say because you mention that it is really hard to pick just one when so many of them were so influential and did so many things to help human kind. From what we learned in class today, I would have to agree with you that Voltaire and Montesquieu were some of the most influential, for the reasons that they wanted to expand religious freedom.
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I agree with you on what you said about religious freedom being apart of our world today, because it's tree and I agree, you can believe in what you want and people won't judge you (especially in America). However, there are still parts of the world where people might see you as different if you believe in a different religion compared to what majority of the people believed in.
Delete1) How was the Enlightenment global in its inspiration and effects?
ReplyDeleteThe Enlightenment was indeed global in its inspiration and effects in Europe through the use of Chinese and Asian cultures influencing Europeans to create certain items like ships, clothing, and fashion a certain way. Also with religion people started realizing what was right and wrong and people were finally able to be free and realizing that everyone is good, this proved equality race wise in many places like Europe and Eurasia.
2) Why were Asian influences more influential in the West during the Enlightenment than Western influences were in Asia?
Asian influences were more so influenced on the West than the East was to the West because there was more culture and the Chinese had more to give and learn from than the Europeans had the East to learn and adopt.
3) Which Enlightenment thinker to you believe was most influential? Give at least one example where you see that person's idea in our world.
Even though they all had there own purpose and brought about their own uniqueness and helped the Enlightenment era to be as good as it was, but i believe music was the most influential and it helped affect many other things in the years to come and even today driving our young society usually for the worse though. People like Mozart an original composer of the arts inspired many people to create other forms of music which also spread to many countries around and through Europe eventually spreading around the world, another form of European culture being spread around.
I think your choice is really good, its different from other peoples choice and I forgot about Mozart. He is an original composer and did inspire others, well donw!
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ReplyDelete1) How was the Enlightenment global in its inspiration and effects?
The Enlightenment was global in its inspiration and effects because it spread to many different regions. Though it was mostly French philosophers that had kicked off the Enlightenment it was quickly spread to other locations such as, China, Japan and the Ottoman Empire. While people traveled to these places they took the idea of the Enlightenment with them. Having the idea that people are all good and shouldn’t be controlled they were open minded about new forms of government that wouldn’t suppress them or be like the type of government that they already had. French and Europeans started to admire the government of the places they traveled to, they especially took a liking to the Confucian ways and the Ottoman Empires ways. In all of these places they took in new types of culture items. An example is the Chinese starting to wear European Armor.
2) Why were Asian influences more influential in the West during the Enlightenment than Western influences were in Asia?
The Asian Influence was more influential in the West during the time of the Enlightenment than in Western influences were in Asia because the Enlightenment had originally started in the West, and they were looking for change. The Asian people were mostly happy with what they already had, they were already powerful enough, though they did make some adjustments, such as the armor that was mentioned before.
3) Which Enlightenment thinker to you believe was most influential? Give at least one example where you see that person's idea in our world.
I believe the Enlightenment thinker that was the most influential was John Locke(Riding the Bandwagon!) Thought there were many influential people during this time I believe John Locke was the most influential and made the most contributions to this time. John Locke was one of the leading philosophers, and as so it was his job to learn about academic discipline such as fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence. He was also a political theorist which is someone who engages in constructing or evaluating political theory, including political philosophy. He argued for liberty, religious tolerance and rights to life and property, which I believe is one of the biggest things that anyone could ever possibly argue for, it should be a thing you have as soon as you are born. These were called the “Natural Rights” because he too believe it was a given.
-Samantha Aversano
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Delete1) How was the Enlightenment global in its inspiration and effects?
ReplyDeleteThe englightenment was global in its inspiration and effects because it was a new chapter in the spread of ideas. The enlightenment was sort of a part of the renaissance. The renaissance led to the enlightenment. Because of the renaissance's new discoveries such as medicine, astronomy, architecture etc. It paved a way for enlightenment thinkers and influence thought.
2) Why were Asian influences more influential in the West during the Enlightenment than Western influences were in Asia?
I think that the chinese were well developed during this time period with their large ships for means of transportation and knowledge. Therefore it seemed best for their influence to be key in the west during the enlightenment as they did have more progress and advancement.
3) Which Enlightenment thinker to you believe was most influential? Give at least one example where you see that person's idea in our world. Respond to one other person's post explaining whether or not you agree with their choice.
Im going to NOTT ride the bandwagon and say that the most influential enlightenment thinker was Montesquieu because he fought for the importance of checks and balances in government and I think that today this is one of the key things that keeps our government equal to help the citizens not fight against them
I agree Mohammed. Montesquieu was a very prominenet enlightenment thinker however I personally believe that all of them were equally influential during this era. Good Job :)
Delete1) How was the Enlightenment global in its inspiration and effects?
ReplyDeleteThe enlightenment was global in its inspiration and effects as influences from all over the world show their impact on a point that is viewed as central in the enlightenment. In Europe, influencial ideas came across from China, japan, india, and the Islamic world and ended up contributing to Europes development in different countries. Rebellions over the idea that “people were good” sprung up over the board as the European conflicted lead to global conflict, such as rebellion in the Americas. Along with this contributions such as fashion and leisure had become influenced such as Japanese men beginning to dress like Europeans and Chinese styled boats finding their way along Europe.
2) Why were Asian influences more influential in the West during the Enlightenment than Western influences were in Asia?
Because asian influences especially Chinese ones played positively in the role of improving the European societies that the thinkers inhabited. Many European thinkers did not like the idea of organized religion and thus because of Confucianism in China, China was a great influence on how they perceived European society should look. A thinker, Quesnay even went so far as to persuade the French throne to imitate a Chinese imperial rite. Even if one disagreed with the way of the Chinese, if lead to more influence by them as Diderot and Montesquieu leaned more toward an Enlightened Despotism rather than a strong powerful governmental force as Voltaire believed.
3) Which Enlightenment thinker to you believe was most influential? Give at least one example where you see that person's idea in our world. Respond to one other person's post explaining whether or not you agree with their choice.
I believe that probably the more higher up influencial thinker of this time would have been Montesquieu because we see his influencial theory of liberty for the people today all over the world and we don’t really see much tyrannical force in the world today, or a “strong, well-advised government” as Voltaire wanted. I also feel that smith was a very important voice during this time as with his view of supply and demand, it affected the market in ways never before seen. His idea that self interest could be left to serve the common good led to the Wealth of Nations which encouraged the American revolution creating the country we have today, “the homeland of economic liberalism”.
1) How was the Enlightenment global in its inspiration and effects?
ReplyDeleteThe Enlightenment was global in its inspiration and effects most because it vastly spread new ideas of government, technology, science, etc around the globe, going from Europe to Eurasia and eventually to the Americas. Many different types of governments, such as Liberalism and Conservatism was introduced, along with governments that were syncretized with ideas from other regions governments, like that of China. The Chinese were very influential in the Enlightenment, so much to the point where other places, like the Europeans incorporated their designs onto everything, from boats to the clothing on their backs.
2) Why were Asian influences more influential in the West during the Enlightenment than Western influences were in Asia?
During the Enlightenment, it was the Asian cultures that were doing more of the thinking, while the Europeans were taking. The Europeans were strongly influenced by the Chinese way of government, as well as other aspects of their culture.
3) Which Enlightenment thinker to you believe was most influential? Give at least one example where you see that person's idea in our world. Respond to one other person's post explaining whether or not you agree with their choice.
I believe that Adam Smith was the most influential Enlightenment thinker because of his profound effects on economics and taxation. Not only did Smith believe that taxing people was an infringement of their liberty, he also believe that taxes were evil and disruptive of economic growth. Smith had also figured out how to make markets work to produce the right amount of goods and services, and how competition helped to keep prices low for the consumer while building incentives for producers to offer a wide array of products. Smith’s work can be seen in free markets.
I like your choice Ruchi, Adam Smith's ideas allowed for capitalism to fully develop in the century following. He is very important today as a father of economics.
Delete1) How was the Enlightenment global in its inspiration and effects?
ReplyDeleteThe Enlightenment was global in its inspiration because it spread idea universally throughout various communities. The effects of the enlightenment were widespread because it sparked new patterns of thinking throughout the world. In Europe for example, people were highly influenced by Chinese society and strived to become like them. Additionally, many theories came about that expressed conflicting ideas regarding freedom of though and enlightened despotism.
2) Why were Asian influences more influential in the West during the Enlightenment than Western influences were in Asia?
In Europe, architecture and philosophy reflected a high level of influence from Asian society. For the most part, people were fascinated by the Asian culture and sought to change their cultures and ultimately become more like them. However, this same level of influence was not mirrored in Asian society because they were still largely isolated at this time.
3) Which Enlightenment thinker to you believe was most influential? Give at least one example where you see that person's idea in our world.
I think it’s fair to say that all the enlightenment thinkers were quite influential in their own ways but perhaps the most accepted was Voltaire and his theories regarding religious freedom and freedom of thought.
Yes Raj, I agree with you as well because Voltaire had ideas that our very similar to America present day such as freedom of speech, freedom of religion etc. The only reason why I don't believe John Locke is the most influential is because John locke supported ideas that were very similar to early American colonies when England controlled America and you know what happened after England was in control so much over the people.
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ReplyDelete1) How was the Enlightenment global in its inspiration and effects?
ReplyDeleteThe Enlightenment was globally successful in it's inspiration and effects because this was a period where ideas were spread to different areas, and new ideas for government started to form as a result. New governments, such as the idea of Enlightened Despotism, incorporated many different ideas, mainly from Asia, into European government. The Europeans had a strong veneration for the Chinese, due to their intelligence and their way of governing the people.
2) Why were Asian influences more influential in the West during the Enlightenment than Western influences were in Asia?
Asian influences were much more influential in the West than Western influences were in Asia because overall, Asian societies were contemporary than European societies. There were more than a million people who graduated from the education system, and there were more businesses that sprouted during this time. The French philosopher,Voltaire, was also influenced greatly by Confucianism, seeing it as an alternative to organized religion.
3) Which Enlightenment thinker to you believe was most influential? Give at least one example where you see that person's idea in our world. Respond to one other person's post explaining whether or not you agree with their choice.
In my opinion, I believe that John Locke's ideas are the most influential of the many Enlightenment principles formulated at this time because with his idea that people are born with natural rights given to them by God, it gave the people certain rights that the government couldn't infringe upon. This idea influenced Thomas Jefferson to create the Declaration of Independence, and later, to create the basis of our present Constitution.
-Emmanuel Damanakis
I agree with your post and I liked how you used additional examples in your answers to support your opinion. I also believe that John Locke was one of the most influential Enlightenment thinker. Like you said, his "idea influenced Thomas Jefferson to create the Declaration of Independence, and later, to create the basis of our present Constitution." He argued for liberty, religious tolerance and rights to life and property. This gave people social freedom, equality, and other freedoms that were limited before. Great job on your post! -Alice Mungyu
DeleteMan-o-lie, I find your choice in choosing John Locke as the most influential to be wrong. I worked in the inner city for 20 damn years, and I can tell you that there ain't nothing more important than teaching kids to learn. It wasn't no Joe-hun Lo-key that adapted the idea of education in the youth, it was my boy Ruse-e-ooh (Rousseau) who had that idea. You probably wrote this really quick without thinking so ya'll can go meet up at da' club. YOU AIN'T EVEN OLD ENOUGH TO GO TO DA DAMN CLUB! Your words were nothing more than Mischievous and deceitful. Chicanerous and deplorable! I hope this was a fake announcement.
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ReplyDelete1) How was the Enlightenment global in its inspiration and effects?
The Enlightenment was global in its inspiration and effects it influenced revolution in France and in North America. Through new thoughts, ideas, technology and science, it was able to spread ideas to different areas of the world such as China, the Ottoman Empire, and Europe. For example in France, the Enlightenment overthrew the monarchy, radical new “rights” for citizens, and lead wars with European states leads to global conflict (taken from your powerpoint). The Ottoman Empire is another example where there was admiration for religious tolerance, respect for law and minorities, generosity, good hygiene, education, loathed by others as arbitrary, despotic, and promoting docility among its subjects. The Enlightenment was considered global because these exchanged ideas changed the people’s way of thinking.
2) Why were Asian influences more influential in the West during the Enlightenment than Western influences were in Asia?
Asian influences were influential in the West during the Enlightenment than Western influences were in Asia because the Chinese and Japanese government was more successful. European thinkers believed that humanity could be improved through rational change and the Enlightenment was about equality, freedom of the people and progress.
3) Which Enlightenment thinker to you believe was most influential? Give at least one example where you see that person's idea in our world.
All of the Enlightenment thinker were extremely influential, but. I believe that Voltaire was very effective because he strongly believed in religious freedom. He thought it was right that people had a choice and a chance to be different and believe in what they think is right. John Locke is also another influential Enlightenment thinker due to his profound effects on academic discipline such as fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence. He also argued for liberty, religious tolerance and rights to life and property. This gave people social freedom, equality, and other freedoms that were limited before.
-Alice Mungyu
I agree with both of your statements. Both Voltaire and Locke believed in great ideals regarding the freedom for equality, religion and education. Empires such as the Ottoman Empire executed these beliefs due to their diversity in religion and education of the lower class. Other empires restricted these freedoms.
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I agree with Alice and i also think that John Locke was the most influential Enlightenment thinker because he made everyone know they they should be equal and spread the idea of the "natural rights" that everyone should obtain.
Delete1) How was the Enlightenment global in its inspiration and effects?
ReplyDeleteThe Enlightenment was considered global because of ideas spread throughout the world. Ideas spread throughout Europe and Asia, these ideas were important because it lead to new religion, belief and even new government. One example was the Enlightenment Despotism, it mean smart thinkers, or smart people. This was when the European government incorporated Chinese ideas into the European government. This was significant because it lead to the European government become stronger and more successful. Another example was the Ottoman Empire, at this time many religions didn't accept other religions because they only believed their religion was the most realistic. However, the Ottoman Empire was different, they had religious tolerance for other religions, they accepted the idea of other religions. The Enlightenment was a global inspiration and effected everyone because the ideas during this time changed the way people thought of things.
2) Why were Asian influences more influential in the West during the Enlightenment than Western influences were in Asia?
Asian influences were more influential in the West during the Enlightenment because the Chinese and Japanese governments were just more successful. With the education system in China and Japan people were able to become educated eventually leading them to have a better knowledge of things. Europeans were influenced by the education system in China and Japan because with the education system the Chinese and Japanese government were just more successful.
3) Which Enlightenment thinker to you believe was most influential? Give at least one example where you see that person's idea in our world. Respond to one other person's post explaining whether or not you agree with their choice.
I believe that the most influential thinker was Voltaire because he believed in religious freedom. He was the most influential thinker because he believed that everyone had the right to think. Everyone was able to make their own choices and believe what they want. This showed people that no matter where they are they can believe in what ever they want. Till this day, this still exists, in many parts of the world (especially in America) you can believe in any religion you want and you won't be wrong.
I sort of disagree with you because the idea had already existed in several places. The Ottoman Empire was a successful example of it and many empires/ countries had taken note of it. No one had really listened to him at the time. While there are more than half the countries having religious freedom, I still think that Adam Smith was more influential because he directly affected lives because his ideas dealt with the economy which almost always changes someones life.
Delete1) How was the Enlightenment global in its inspiration and effects?
ReplyDeleteThe Enlightenment became global in its inspiration and effects when it reached all over the world and was able to influence people even to this day. The Enlightenment influenced the French and American Revolutions, created new ways of thinking (such as Enlightened Despotism- the French had this), and created new movements (the Romantic Movement/ Cult of Nature). The Enlightenment allowed for Asian ideas and thoughts to come to Europe and by extension to the New World. This also allowed for changes to occur everywhere.
2) Why were Asian influences more influential in the West during the Enlightenment than Western influences were in Asia?
Asian influences were stronger than Western influences because Asians were more advanced and more successful at what they did than Europeans were. Until only a few centuries ago, Europeans were considered backwards by everyone except themselves. They have always looked to the Asians for inspiration because they had better, more solid governments, were able to promote their ideas to the public and keep get them to accept it, and were able to keep peace much better than the Europeans who were always fighting and having problems with their governments. The Asian influences were usually more advanced because they always thought ahead of Europeans. For example, they were thinking scientifically with nature for centuries before the Europeans had the Scientific Revolution. Europeans by comparison were always one step behind them.
3) Which Enlightenment thinker to you believe was most influential? Give at least one example where you see that person's idea in our world. Respond to one other person's post explaining whether or not you agree with their choice.
I believe that the most influential Enlightenment thinker was Adam Smith because he basically created the economic system that most of the world uses today. He didn't like the mercantilism that England was using and instead talked about division of labor, the economy being automatic and able to fix itself but is messed up because of taxes, monopolies, etc, and the government focusing on other things. China I believe is the most successful example of his ideas. They have a huge gross domestic product (they create a lot of things that everyone uses), they participate in international commerce and are big players in it, etc. They have a very successful economy and I believe it is because they, maybe not intentionally, followed Adam Smiths ideas on economies in his The Wealth of Nations.
And suddenly I'm rethinking choosing John Locke as the most influential thinker. I still feel like John Locke played a ginormous role in all of the progress being made overall and Smith just affected the economic systems and that in whole Locke was a bit more of an influence than Smith was. He took the idea that was being (in some sections) preached by the Ottomans for years prior, and took it worldwide. good job gurl
Delete1) How was the Enlightenment global in its inspiration and effects?
ReplyDeleteEnlightenment was global in its inspiration and its effects because as we see thinkers like Montesquieu bringing to the table the idea of separation of power and no one person or body of people being to strong in France, we also see these ideas coming up and being applied in North America, during the American revolution. Enlightenment brought not just the idea that people were good, but brought along the idea of natural rights (law) and laissez faire. Enlightenment essentially gave power to the people, and it was no stranger to anyone.
2) Why were Asian influences more influential in the West during the Enlightenment than Western influences were in Asia?
Asian influences were stronger than western influences for the fact that the point in the progression the westerners were at was at the point where asia was years ago. Asians already had these solid concrete beliefs that people in the west mocked and copied, and already had been standing tall among other countries. Their governments were more successful and were much more sound in the way their rulers were succeeded, and the governments brought together short but frequent periods of riches not only in wealth but in culture as well.
3) Which Enlightenment thinker to you believe was most influential? Give at least one example where you see that person's idea in our world. Respond to one other person's post explaining whether or not you agree with their choice.
In my opinion, I think John Locke had to be the most influential of the enlightenment thinkers. He found people to be born with natural laws and natural rights that couldn't be taken away which was a large step forward in the progression of the period. Many fought against what he believed, but the idea of the natural law stood through. It created somewhat of a basis of equality (or what "equality" was to be considered then). It's eventually seen in the United States Constitution, "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness."
1) How was the Enlightenment global in its inspiration and effects?
ReplyDeleteEnlightenment was global in its inspiration and effects, because the spread of ideas didn't just occur in one place, it occurred all over the world. The thinkers of Western Europe such as John Locke were able to have their ideas not only influence their country, but other continents. Locke's ideas were influential in the French Revolution's purpose and outcome as well as in the constitution of America. Asia also influenced Europe, because of the way intelligent leaders used their absolute power to help people. People like Voltaire advocated for there to be one educated ruler, rather than a hereditary nincompoop that was very selfish. Overall though, enlightenment caused a new way a thinking and also influenced several very large rebellions and revolutions.
2) Why were Asian influences more influential in the West during the Enlightenment than Western influences were in Asia?
Asia was more influential in the West, because Asia's way of governing especially in China, was idealized by many Westerners. Also, Asia did not adopt many, in fact it barely adopted, any of the ideas Westerners offered such as constitutional government or equality for all.
3) Which Enlightenment thinker to you believe was most influential? Give at least one example where you see that person's idea in our world. Respond to one other person's post explaining whether or not you agree with their choice.
If I had to choose, I would say that it's a tie between John Locke and Rousseau, because John Locke had extreme influence in the revolutions of France and America since he originated the idea that all people are created equal, as well as many key aspects of government such as checks and balances. Rousseau influenced revolution as well, but his influence wasn't just political. He influenced education with the idea that young minds need to be educated and also inspired many composers in the arts. Rousseau had a much larger scale influence in enlightenment, but Locke had a much more direct and intense influence in politics, so both of these people were equally influential during the enlightenment period.
-Zach
1) How was the Enlightenment global in its inspiration and effects?
ReplyDeleteThe Enlightenment period was global in its inspiration and effects because not only did places all over began separating the power among more than one superior person rather than the political absolutism that was present before but we still use it till today. Locke's political philosophy was that people were by nature free and equal in that they weren't all subjected to monarchs. Some Europeans called it oriental despotism and others believed it to be enlightened despotism. Despotic monarchy believed in ruling over people against their will, common to the practices of tyranny yet despotic monarchy was hereditary.
2) Why were Asian influences more influential in the West during the Enlightenment than Western influences were in Asia?
Asian influences were more influential in the west than vice versa because the chinese governments had always been stronger than that of the europeans. The Europeans had always looked to the Asians for ideas, and the Chinese always sort of isolated themselves from the rest of the world so they weren't ones to borrow ideas.
3) Which Enlightenment thinker to you believe was most influential? Give at least one example where you see that person's idea in our world. Respond to one other person's post explaining whether or not you agree with their choice.
Montesquieu the French social commentator and political thinker was definitely my favorite as he proposed the idea of rule of law and political freedom. Political freedom was a new idea during this time as most believed in political absolutism. This idea gave people more representation in government and began to divide the power amongst the citizens/followers instead of just the leaders. Which at the time was different from western Europe but has now made its way into most of our existing governments, the idea of having 3 different branches in our contemporary government to ensure that not all the power goes to one individual is a great example of Montesquieu's idea.
1) How was the Enlightenment global in its inspiration and effects?
ReplyDelete- the enlightenment was global in its inspiration and effects because it was able to spread new ideas and inspire thoughts and other inventions to be shared across Europe. Especially writers whose books were able translated and sell more copies, making the ideas written be spread faster throughout Europe while inspiring others' thoughts as well. An example would be Voltaire, whose work was read in Sicily and the Balkans, plagiarized in Vienna and translated into Swedish. These thoughts from other people like Voltaire, which involved freedom, natural rights, trade and politics, were able to start people questioning what they really believe in and how they can make others see and agree to their point of view. This battle of who was right and what was right, raised conflicts and more interaction as they brought others to their side or decided to push people away, like the Japanese, whose policy excluded foreigners, had kept Europe in ignorance of Japanese life. Either way, the enlightenment spread all over the world, and it's influence and interactions can be seen from anything from European art, furniture, architecture, poetry, written works, transportation, and ect. For example, the duke of chamberlains yacht that had been designed with Chinese influences.
2) Why were Asian influences more influential in the West during the Enlightenment than Western influences were in Asia?
- Asian influences were more influential in Western Europe then Western Europe to Asia because the European thinkers were with a 'mission' to find something that they could use and 'help them improve the societies they lived in.' So Europeans had gone to Asia with a purpose, to change their societies, since Asia influenced these thinkers and they wanted to influence their societies while Asia was just stuck in center of attention. The rich were able to make it famous and apply it to their 'taste', and help the ideas spread faster. Philosophers took the Chinese as 'wise' as people in places like England in the 1760s were replacing works of Aristotle and Plato with works of the wise Confucius. So that's why Asian influences were more influential in Europe.
3) Which Enlightenment thinker to you believe was most influential? Give at least one example where you see that person's idea in our world. Respond to one other person's post explaining whether or not you agree with their choice.
- I believe all thinkers were influential in their own way, each had an idea and that idea had caused controversies because people debated and fought over these ideas. Voltaire and Montesquieu had brought controversies between the ideas of the Chinese, freedom, religion and government, also bringing Chinese culture to rise and influence Western Europe. Wollstonecraft brought light onto women's rights and started the debate over women equality. Also, John Locke had caused the thought of 'Natural Rights' to light and affect the future the most as his idea was spread. Even if I didn't list all of them, each of these thinkers were all influential to shaping the future and history itself, their ideas were the mere start of a revolutions and the shaping of peoples thoughts on the world.
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ReplyDelete1) How was the Enlightenment global in its inspiration and effects? The Enlightenment was global in its inspiration and effects, because of the spread of ideas through which people took the ideas of other governments and formed their own government, therefore the Enlightenment inspired other civilizations and made it go globally as well.
ReplyDelete2) Why were Asian influences more influential in the West during the Enlightenment than Western influences were in Asia? The west was more successful in their government. This could be a reason why it was more influential since the west was already purely successful. Japan was one of the more successful governments along with China in which only the samurais in japan suffered whereas the other social classes were able to succeed. Enlighten thinkers had different ideas in which to improve peoples roles in a society as a whole.
3) Which Enlightenment thinker to you believe was most influential? Give at least one example where you see that person's idea in our world. Respond to one other person's post explaining whether or not you agree with their choice. The one I believe is the most influential is Voltaire, because As other people would choose (such as john Locke) John Locke’s ideas was more like early England colony ideas. He actually supported England rule. However, Voltaire advocated freedom of thought, speech, politics, and religion. He also fought against intolerance, injustice, inequality, ignorance, and superstition. Therefore I believe Voltaire is the most influential.
its similar to our world because in our constitution we have freedom of speech religion etc.*
Delete1) How was the Enlightenment global in its inspiration and effects?
ReplyDeleteEnlightenment was global in its inspiration and effects because of its ability to spread new ideas around the world into places such as Eurasia and the America's. Enlightenment spread around ideas for new types of government such as Liberalism and Conservatism. This also helped influence the Ottoman Empire to become more liberal and accepting of other religion's whicccgf qh caused it to become very successful.
2) Why were Asian influences more influential in the West during the Enlightenment than Western influences were in Asia?
Asian influences were more influential to western society than western influences were on Asia because the Asian governments, such as the Chinese and Japanese, were very successful and ran their countries smoothly. The Western governments weren't as stable as the Asian, and on top of that the Asians liked to isolate themselves from the outside world.
3) Which Enlightenment thinker to you believe was most influential? Give at least one example where you see that person's idea in our world. Respond to one other person's post explaining whether or not you agree with their choice.
I believe that John Locke was the most influential person during the enlightenment period because of his ideas that all men are equal and born with natural rights. Although some may argue that he supported the rule of monarchs, he believed that people had natural rights and helped to influence almost every modern governments laws.
I agree with you when you say that John Locke was the most influential because he influenced many other philosophers. And the one thing that i believe made him the most influential is when you said "I believe that John Locke was the most influential person during the enlightenment period because of his ideas that all men are equal and born with natural rights." Thats the main reason because equality was a big thing in history.
Delete-Nicole Albino
1) How was the Enlightenment global in its inspiration and effects?
ReplyDeleteEnlightenment was able to have its inspiration and effects around the globe because people from different parts took the idea and corporate it in to their government, and formed their own government.
2) Why were Asian influences more influential in the West during the Enlightenment than Western influences were in Asia?
The Asian influences were more influential in the West during the Enlightenment than Western influences were in Asia because Europeans took the ideas of Asians and used it in their own civilization. While the Asian, such as Chinese, isolated themselves from the other parts of the world where they weren't able to get influenced by other nations. But Europeans traveled around to spread their religion, and encountered with many other ideas.
3) Which Enlightenment thinker to you believe was most influential? Give at least one example where you see that person's idea in our world. Respond to one other person's post explaining whether or not you agree with their choice.
I believe that Montesquieu was the most influential Enlightenment thinker because he spread the idea of Natural rights, and freedom. This gave the civilization to form new kinds of government, where people are able to have more rights.
-Da Hae Jung
1) How was the Enlightenment global in its inspiration and effects?
ReplyDeleteEnlightenment was global in its inspiration and effects because the concepts of Enlightenment spread all over the world to places such as Europe and America. Empires such as France and the Ottoman Empire were effected. As a result, France became the ideal place to exchange thoughts and ideas which helped France become a strong empire based on its ideas and the Ottoman Empire became even more tolerant of other religions although they had to pay extra taxes. Groundbreaking ideas from people such as John Locke and Denis Diderot is what help influence and spread enlightenment to a much broader scale.
2) Why were Asian influences more influential in the West during the Enlightenment than Western influences were in Asia?
Asian influences were more influential in the West during the Enlightenment than Western influences in Asia because of the Asian system of government. "Enlightened Despotism" was an ideal most people and empires in the West endeavored for and in China, they accomplished it. They established their bureaucracy having their citizens take tests on Confucianism ( their primary religion) in hopes of becoming high ranked officials. Their emperor still retained all the power however, he was surrounded by intelligent officials who shared the same beliefs as him.
3) Which Enlightenment thinker to you believe was most influential? Give at least one example where you see that person's idea in our world. Respond
In my opinion, John Locke was the most influential enlightened thinker during the Enlightenment because his ideas were unprecedented. He believed in the equality of men (with some exceptions) and their entitled birthrights.
-Jordan
1) How was the Enlightenment global in its inspiration and effects? The Enlightenment was global in its inspiration and effects because it spread new ideas, beliefs, and concepts all throughout the world from Asian, to Europe, to America, etc. The Enlightenment changed the religion, statue, beliefs, government, and even trade.
ReplyDelete2) Why were Asia influences more influential in the West during the Enlightenment than Western influences were in Asia? Asia was more influential in the West during the Enlightening because the Chinese and Japan were more successful. They were the ones who were well educated and they were like a “role model”-ish.
3) Which Enlightenment thinker do you believe was most influential? Give at least one example where you see that person's idea in our world. I believe that the most influential Enlightenment thinker is the famous John Locke. He believed in natural rights, and natural laws. I believe that that everyone should have their own rights the minute they are born rather its statue, race, gender etc. I think John makes a good point where everyone should be treated equally. An example of Locke’s idea is in school, we are all treated equally. Well for the most part, hopefully.
1) How was the Enlightenment global in its inspiration and effects?
ReplyDeleteThe Enlightenment helped people into thinking that people can change for the better and that people are good and equal. It made people believe that they are born with "Natural Rights", and that organized religion is bad. The Enlightenment helped areas of the world to share different ideas and fix things and make them better. While people traveled to different places they took the idea of the enlightenment with them. New discoveries were also made.
2) Why were Asian influences more influential in the West during the Enlightenment than Western influences were in Asia?
The enlightenment started in Asia. The Chinese and Japanese ideas were the ones that had more ideas to share to others.
3) Which Enlightenment thinker to you believe was most influential? Give at least one example where you see that person's idea in our world.
I think that John Locke was the most influential. He was the one to spread the idea of natural rights and thought everyone should be equal. It gave people certain rights that government couldn’t take away.
1) How was the Enlightenment global in its inspiration and effects? Enlightenment in global had some effects and inspirations because new ideas spread throughout technology and science as well as many other things. Many religious ideas were shared amoungst religions, all the cultures used another cultures ideas and started to follow them and practice them.
ReplyDelete2) Why were Asia influences more influential in the West during the Enlightenment than Western influences were in Asia? Because they had more knowledge and they were more advanced. The during the enlightenment had a stronger government therefore they were more accomplished in my opinion.
3) Which Enlightenment thinker to you believe was most influential? Give at least one example where you see that person's idea in our world. Respond to one other person's post explaining whether or not you agree with their choice. I think John Locke was more influential because 1) Locke wrote the history of the human spirit. 2) When Montesquieu went to England he was influenced by John Locke. 3)He believed everyone should be treated equally and that the most important one of all.
-Nicole Albino
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ReplyDelete1) How was the Enlightenment global in its inspiration and effects?
ReplyDeleteThe Enlightenment's effects on the world were of huge significance, as they brought about brand new ideas of human individuality and rejection of ancient theories, much of which was never seen in certain portions of the world before. Chinese ideas were brought to France, which prompted thinkers to reexamine their government and the power of the monarchy, even while detractors sided with His Majesty and supported the old government. The following French Revolution was the first of a series of coups that removed tyrants and instated democratic ideas, then unheard of since Ancient Greek times. Napoleon Bonaparte attracted followers by taking up Enlightenment ideas, but once he seized power in the form of an emperor, he then proved that the status quo of power in the monarchy would still survive in different forms, even though citizens were smarter and now criticized government openly in some areas, a development previously disallowed by institutions such as the Church.
2) Why were Asia influences more influential in the West during the Enlightenment than Western influences were in Asia?
Asia's growing influence on the Europeans came partly because of the efficiency of their governments, as opposed to the splintered and monarch-driven kingdoms of Europe. Confucianism was seen as an ideal form of government control, as enlightened despotism. China, on the other hand, mostly avoided European influences because accepting outsiders went against Confucian beliefs, which opted for isolation, or otherwise willing ignorance to external areas of the world.
3) Which Enlightenment thinker to you believe was most influential? Give at least one example where you see that person's idea in our world.
I think that Montesquieu was the most influential thinker of the Enlightenment, because his radical ideas on government influenced many major empires to come in the years that followed. The idea of 'checks and balances' in government was revolutionary, and became a major part of the French and American constitutions, to name a few. Succeeding forms of government all adopted a bureaucracy over a royal family or monarchy in the following century, showing a major step forward, the elimination of kings in favor of people-run societies, which I feel had a massive effect in World history. We see Montesquieu's system of checks and balances in the French republic just before Napoleon took the throne as an emperor.
1) How was the Enlightenment global in its inspiration and effects?
ReplyDelete-The Enlightenment's effect globally was significant in the way that it affected all parts of the world such as Asia, Europe, Africa etc. Many new ideas, and opinions towards Religion, Science, Math, and many more spread across the world and it questioned many beliefs that were once known. Different cultures were also more open to they way other governments ran and were more interested in the Art and styles of culture that other societies had. It also gave people the chance to question their form of government and their own forms of practices with lest rejection and judgement. During this time period there were many influential thinkers that helped spread their own opinions to different parts of the world. In different parts of Africa such as Egypt and West Africa
2) Why were Asian influences more influential in the West during the Enlightenment than Western influences were in Asia?
-Asian influences were more influential in the west during the Enlightenment than western influences were in Asia because Asia was a lot more advanced and provided Confucian beliefs that many parts of Europe wanted to follow. France was one part of Europe that wanted to follow Confucian beliefs and wanted their monarchy to change and be overthrown rather than keep the power UN-equal and just have people sitting on the bottom. Another way Asia influenced Europe was also Japanese art on boats and yachts when they docked in France, where the design of dragons and the surroundings were influenced by Japanese art. They were more influential than the western influences because Asia specifically; China having Confucian beliefs isolated other parts of the world that did not believe in the same things they believed in therefore excluding outsiders whom they believed to be ignorant.
3) Which Enlightenment thinker to you believe was most influential? Give at least one example where you see that person's idea in our world. Respond to one other person's post explaining whether or not you agree with their choice.
-I believe the most influential Enlightenment thinker was John Locke. He believed that all people should have their own natural rights from when they were born. He also believed that "All men are created equal"- for the rule of Law. One part of the world where this takes place is the Americas. They believed that "All men are created equal" Stated in the Declaration of Independence, In more present times, this includes different Minorities, religions, genders, social and economic classes and even more. Even though the law is said to be "enforced" ; in some ways in present day, a lot of different sorts of religions, minorities, genders etc are still judged and not thought of as equal.
-Brenda Montero