4C/Marcuse, L3 overlay

Music: L. Bernstein/Hellman, Candide Overture (1956)

What is the role of ideas in historical change?

1. Enlightenment (textbook pp. 586f)
   • 5 points [Philosophes]
   • 2 more: polit. liberty; Encyclopedia/Diderot
   • 1784 Wednesday society, I. Kant
   • 1755 Lisbon earthquake
2. Announcements: 4 (and: about the professor)
   Video clip: 3 mins. from "Jefferson in Paris"
3. Voltaire
   • 1694: born; 1717 "kick"
   • 1726: Baron de RohanEngland
   • 1734: Emilie du Chatelet (1706-1749)
   • 1749: Potsdam, Frederick II of Prussia
     "Ecrasez l'infame!" (wipe out infamy!)
   • 1756: History; 1758: Candide
   • 1778: back to Paris; died