I like it from your point of view, but I am more interesting if this objective mathematical reasoning is kept within the spheres of objective sound or concrete realities, existed in our World as principles that leads-- by using the same mathematical reasoning--to sound conclusion.
The Enlightenment was a brief moment of sanity between the Dark Ages when our rulers burned witches at the stake and today when our rulers worship Satan!
Your grades thank you too as you have somehow sought an explanation that you could both understand/ remember and assimilate. That said, being that you are young, don't take too much stock in those grades as a reflection of your knowledge, you need them for university applications but knowledge is when it's your truth to share with others as the gentleman in this video. So, my point? Enjoy those grades but find your knowledge that you wish to exchange others, whether this subject or another, and be that help for others as others were for you
Thank you ! Really good bite-sized lesson. I'll watch your other videos for a better understanding of western culture. I think that a lot of people don't really know what makes the western culture so special although not perfect and are not able to be grateful to live in such cultural environment. That is knowledge I think is good to share with my kids. Thank you. Ludovic (Reunion island) 😉
I discovered this channel not too many days ago but I kinda like it. I mean yeah he lacks the guns of CGI but he has content, quality ones. I really appreciate you giving these explainations in a smooth manner. (P.S. I subscribed to this channel and also the other two players - John Green of CrashCourse and Tom Richey.)
The whole content is excellent but I never knew before that both the declaration of independence and American constitution are outcome of the age of reason also known as enlightenment. That's great!
The American colonials were fervent readers of the French Enlightenment writers mid to late 18C, especially Voltaire, regarding clerical oppression, Montesquieu on laws and Rousseau. James Madison called Montesquieu's "Spirit of the Laws" "the oracle always referred to" in The Federalist Papers: the debates over the Constitution - whether we should have one and what should be in it, published in newspapers at the time. And Voltaire's "Treatise on Tolerance", "Philosophical Dictionary" and "Commentary on Beccaria" were among the works most republished in magazine and newspaper excerpts from the 1760s on (among other pieces).
From where I'm sitting, "so in a way our entire society in the United States comes from this one period ", ignores the influences that predate the "Enlightenment", As one example, Human Rights were born in ancient Greece, and the American Constitution protects the rights of the ruling class, Whites, Blacks and Native Americans rights were trivialized, My Two Cents!
hey Paul, whenever I find myself swiming in the ocean I come directly to ask for your help on RU-vid and it does really serve me, so thank u really for the effort you made to help us as learners of Civilisation in general. I do have one question please: '' why didn't you mention Thomas Hobben?'' The teacher of civilisation module had mentioned that he was one of the two famous thinkers at that time...
5:55 what an american. interprets human history only for the creation and ultimate purpose of americans. "that's why it is important to know". Ummm, no, thats not why it's important, despite those two document are fabulous and America's gift to the world. He frames it to his students as having value only for them. So flawed.
The people who put dislikes on Mr. Paul's videos are haters and people who don't want to learn. If that's you, get a life. If not, then change your dislike to a like.
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Not a bad bite-sized bit, but I think it’s important to mention the irony of those foundational documents considering the dispossessed native populations and the enslaved.
When I've read the Declaration of Independence, US Constitution, and the Bill of Rights, and then compared it to the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen I noticed something. In the Declaration of Independence the first right listed is the right to life. In the Declaration of the Rights of Man the word "life" doesn't even appear. In the Bill of Rights the guarantee of religious "exercise" is listed while in the Declaration of the Rights of Man religious "opinion" is listed with certain preconditions for even that. Would it be plausible to say there were two strains of the Enlightenment? One that took place in America, and the other in France?
You are aware, of course that slavery still exists in the world today in some African and Middle Eastern countries? Slavery wasn't even considered by any society to be a huge problem before the 1700s. So yes, the United States was quite forward thinking in its founding documents. They were laying the groundwork for the eventual freedom of all people. In addition, slavery is not a distinctly eastern European creation. No race was above slavery. All races, at one time, enslaved others. If you are truly interested in furthering your education on the subject, might I suggest reading the author and economist, Thomas Sowell, on the subject? Here's an article that contains some great information from one of his books: www.aei.org/carpe-diem/thomas-sowell-on-slavery-and-this-fact-there-are-more-slaves-today-than-were-seized-from-africa-in-four-centuries/
How the Western scientific philosophy of enlightenment is different from the Eastern Philosophy of Enlightenment like that of Buddha and others today? Which way is better for self-awakening and human social evolution?
Very good introduction! Is it true they've erased the Enlightenment from most American high school books? Couldn't find it a few years back in most of them. How did we let that happen? America WAS considered the first incarnation of Enlightenment principles throughout the world.
The enlightenment seems like the very privileged and very educated got together in relatively small groups and made Existential decisions for the rest of us. They’ve been hoarding information for them and their offspring every since. I think the key to a better society is transparency and education. Our entire human experience has been limited because some rich fools decided that keeping us small was the best way to control us. I hope we can genetically engineer that poison out of our dna at some point .
The Enlightenment is what produced the scientific method that allows for genetic manipulation. Is dieting the enlightenment is when you started having people argue that all people are actually equal and that power shouldn’t rest in the hands of a small group of people it sounds to me like you have no idea what the hell youre talking about.
I am currently reading “The Visit of the Royal Physician” by Per Olov Enquist (1999) and wanted to know the main ideas of the “enlightenment”; I found your video really valuable to understand this period in European history. Thanks for your succinct description!
I am a man of letters. Principally TY 🙂 This is a great introduction to the Age of Reason. I find videos on the subject are underrepresented on RU-vid.
In India for clearing Goverment jobs we have to study these topics in depth . You can take help of Indian Teachers video available on RU-vid and you can cover enlightenment in more depth and simplified manner...
America is a relatively new country. It's foundations were laid upon by ideas that are all presented by philosophers of the enlightenment. We started it all with that, and that's why America kicks ass :)
Paul Sargent, could you be a bit more objective about the founding of the United States? It was founded on slavery and dispossession of the native population. Also the hypocrisy of taking from John Locke the right to Life, Liberty,... But NOT Property. Why was "propery" replaced with the anodyne idea of pursuit of happiness. "Property" for Locke meant the means of livelihood. Otherwise thank you for a very enlightening account.
The US constitution has very strong protections for personal property. The US was founded on slavery and the disposition of the natives, yes, but it was also founded on the ideas of the enlightenment, ideals it has always strived for. The American revolution wasn’t about slavery or taking native lands, it was about (white) settlers feeling that they weren’t being represented by their own government in Britain. As fucked up as it’s been, the US was the first liberal democracy in the world, and that’s a direct result of the enlightenment ideals.
