THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION 1700 1774
THE AMERICAN ENLIGHTENMENT INTELLECTUAL AND SOCIAL REVOLUTION
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attack religious superstition.
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support the Catholic Church.
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overturn capital punishment.
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suppress Enlightenment ideas.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Diderot’s humble goal in creating the Encyclopédie to encompass “all the knowledge scattered on the surface of the earth” and to provide a practical reference for tradesmen, whose professions were detailed in both the text and illustrative plates of the encyclopedia (see typesetting plate below).
Detailed explanation-2: -Jesuits in France denounced the Encyclopedia as an attack on their teachings and claimed the history it provided attacked the Catholic saints. Such charges were brought to the attention of King Louis XV, who enabled a panel of censors to review the book.
Detailed explanation-3: -Denis Diderot was born to a family noted for their church connections but became an atheist later in life. He was vital to the success of the eighteenth-century Encyclopédie – itself such a monumental contribution to the French Enlightenment.
Detailed explanation-4: -Q: What was the impact of Diderot’s encyclopedia? Diderot’s encyclopedia lit the flame of Enlightenment among its readers. It inspired them to question authority and dare to learn more.