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• 0:00

  Introduction and Host Overview

• 0:37

  Social Media and Topic Preview

• 1:08

  Causes of the Enlightenment

• 3:13

  Scientific Revolution Impact

• 4:48

  Absolutism and Colonial Influences

• 6:23

  Interactions with Arab World and East Asia

• 7:27

  Enlightenment Time Period and Principles

• 8:29

  Challenging Authority and Skepticism

• 10:36

  Introduction to Philosophes

• 11:43

  Cesare Beccaria on Criminal Reform

• 15:24

  Denis Diderot and Encyclopedia

• 16:26

  Immanuel Kant on Ethics

• 17:58

  Montesquieu and Separation of Powers

• 19:31

  Jean-Jacques Rousseau's Social Contract

• 23:06

  Adam Smith and Laissez-Faire Economics

• 24:10

  Voltaire on Freedom of Religion

• 27:50

  Thomas Hobbes and Absolutism

• 30:28

  John Locke on Natural Rights

• 32:01

  Mary Wollstonecraft on Women's Rights

• 34:40

  Olympe de Gouges and Feminist Ideas

• 36:15

  Spread of Ideas in Salons

• 39:51

  Deism and Clockmaker Analogy

• 42:27

  Weakening of Church Influence

• 44:32

  Effects on Europe and Revolutions

• 46:04

  Global Impacts and Skepticism

• 48:41

  Closing Remarks and Follow-Up