Western Civilization II / Unit 6 WC2 0502 short lesson, about 20 seconds
1688 to 1789: Reason Applied to Everything, and What We Owe It
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The idea
The anchor's dates: the Glorious Revolution to the French. Reason was applied to science, philosophy, morality and society, and four modern beliefs date from it: limitless scientific progress, equality before the law, government by rational laws for the public interest, and a physical universe knowable by science.
In practice
Each is a claim the exam tests.
Where people slip
Convenient dates, the anchor says.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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