At the beginning of the class, we've reviewed what we did on Monday.
That's Enlightenment and his features, in 18th century (century of lights):
–They used the Reason to learn and understand the world and improve it. Philosophers said that they wanted to "Eliminate the darkness of the world with the lights of reason". So they rejected all that couldn't been explained (superstitions, traditions, revelations, miracles...)
– They were tolerant of religions. No religion was superior to another. But they thought that religions gave more problems than positive things.– They rejected the authority principle, this means not to do things that always have been done only because it was traditional or someone ordered it.– They considered education the most important thing.– They criticized absolute monarchies and defended freedom of all the human beings.– They considered knowledge as the basis of happiness and they were very optimistic.
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ACQUIRE: Adquirir.
AUTHORITY PRINCIPLE: Principio de autoridad.
BIASED: Tendencioso.
GRANT: Beca.
IN INSTALMENTS: A plazos.
PURSUE: Consecución, alcanzar un objetivo.
PRECAUTION: Precaución.
TRUST: Confiar.
TAX FRAUD: Fraude fiscal.
TIME BANK: Banco de tiempo.
WILLING TO: Dispuesto a.
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And here you have a very beautiful picture that I've found looking for images of Enlightenment!
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And here you have a very beautiful picture that I've found looking for images of Enlightenment!
Source: http://www.ishafoundation.org/blog/sadhguru/masters-words/sadhguru-enlightenment-experience/
3 comments:
Good journal Lucía, I like the picture that you have found, the last one, It's beautiful!
Hello Lucía,
I like the quotes you included. Gandhi's quote is one of my favourite ones and a guideline for my life.
Here you have the corrections:
– They used the Reason to learn and understand the world and improve it. Philosophers said that they wanted to "Eliminate the darkness of the world with the lights of reason". So they rejected all that couldn't been explained (superstitions, traditions, revelations, miracles...)
– They were tolerant of religions. No religion was superior to another. But they thought that religions gave more problems than positive things.
– They rejected the authority principle, this means not to do things that always have been done only because it was traditional or someone ordered it.
– They considered education the most important thing.
– They criticized absolute monarchies and defended freedom of all the human beings.
– They considered knowledge as the basis of happiness and they were very optimistic.
After that, the class has started straying. We have started to speak about Spain and the similarities between the present/current world and the Enlightenment. We think that education should be free or cheaper, like in France or Denmark, and make the economy a little easier. You can change a kilo of potatoes for a kilo of tomatoes, or maybe another person can repair your piping(s) in exchange for painting his house. I don't know, we can do many things better but no one tries to do it. Maybe the way is to pay more taxes (but not stupid taxes), like Paqui hassaid hahaha.
And at the end, Paqui has started explaining the Encyclopedia.
Before Enlightenment, these books were forbidden because the Church thought they were dangerous. Knowledge "was dangerous". But in 18th century, Denis Diderot and Jean Rond D'Alembert issued the first Encyclopedia in Francein 1751 with 35 volumes, asking philosophers and scientists for advice.
NEW VOCABULARY:
TAX FRAUD: Fraude fiscal.
TIME BANK: Banco de(l) tiempo.
That's all. Bye!
I've forgotten to tell you that there is one mistake in your content: Encyclopedias were not forbidden. What was forbidden were the books that contradicted the dogma, like science books of ohilosophy books in the Catholic countries. The Encyclopedia was forbidden in Spain for this reason. Having one was a crime and only few people had one, introduced smuggled.
Bye!
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