Rationalist

***Recently learned words from this unit

Age of Reason or the Age of Rationalism-the prevailing idea of the 18th century (the 1700s) in America

Puritans-is a group of people that believed that God is will send you to hell this all mighty person that’s is always mad and will send you to hell first chance he gets.

Romanticism-is the school of thought that emphasizes intuition over logic, and feeling over reason

Deists-believed in God, but not as a power that controlled everything

***Differences between Rationalist and Puritans

Rationalist are the smarter of the two they use their head to figure out thing and make decisions based on theory.

Puritans are the craziest because they think that everything happens because of the mood that God is in.

***Example the shows how is a good example of a rationalist

The metal rod on top of the house was used for protection from the lighting. Cause rationalist thought that God was mad at them that are why it was lighting but Franklin used his head and said the reason it was lighting was not because of God’s mood.

***list of thirteen virtues to improve upon in your life

1) Silence-speak only when spoken to
2) Realness-Speak the truth nothing but the truth and only the truth
3) seriousness- Take time in things that means the most
4) priories- Care for the stuff that is going to affect me in life first and all other things last
5) Cleanliness- Keep up with my clothes and shoes
6) Attitude- when mad or aggravated thank of good time to keep you from blowing up
7) Friends- School during school and friends out of school
8) Family- Family before friends
9) Pure Pressure- Don’t do things cause everybody else is doing it
10) Smartness- Be as smart as you can be no matter what everybody thinks
11) effort- do your best no matter always try to be number one
12) laziness- don’t be lazy in front of people keep it a secret
13) imagination- Be as creative as possible make life as fun a possible
14) overload- takes everything one by one and a day by day