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Good Afternoon!!. NVC Review and Reform from Yesterday The Age of Enlightenment: Thomas Hobbes Essential Question : What were the ideas of Thomas Hobbes and how do they influence us today ? Homework : Complete Thomas Hobbes reading/questions. Yesterday….

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  1. Good Afternoon!! • NVC • Review and Reform from Yesterday • The Age of Enlightenment: Thomas Hobbes Essential Question: What were the ideas of Thomas Hobbes and how do they influence us today? Homework: Complete Thomas Hobbes reading/questions

  2. Yesterday… • Briefly Explain how the following relate to Western Civilization • Roman Catholic Church • Absolute Monarchy • Divine Right • Renaissance

  3. Reform Martin Luther Reformation: religious movement to reform (change) Catholic Church Protest against Church’s abuse of power Protestantism: new type of Christianity where people think for themselves “All who call on God in true faith, earnestly from the heart, will certainly be heard, and will receive what they have asked and desired”—Martin Luther

  4. The Enlightenment • The Enlightenment: European intellectual movement in 1600s-1700s • New ideas on society and government • Europe finally BUILDING on ideas of Greece and Rome • Encouraged by the Scientific Revolution: use scientific reason to make society better

  5. Thomas Hobbes • Thomas Hobbes • Early English Enlightenment thinker • Lived in England during the English Civil War • The Leviathan: famous book (1651) • People are naturally selfish and greedy • Need a strong, powerful government to prevent chaos

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