Enlightenment philosopher
C3332
concept
An Enlightenment philosopher is a thinker from the 17th–18th centuries who emphasized reason, individual rights, and empirical inquiry to challenge traditional authority and advance ideas about politics, science, and human nature.
All labels observed (14)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Enlightenment philosopher canonical | 20 |
| Enlightenment figure | 11 |
| Scottish Enlightenment figure | 10 |
| liberal thinker | 10 |
| Enlightenment intellectual | 8 |
| 18th-century philosopher | 1 |
| Enlightenment scholar | 1 |
| Enlightenment thinkers | 1 |
| Italian Enlightenment historian | 1 |
| Italian Enlightenment philosopher | 1 |
| Scottish philosopher | 1 |
| member of the Scottish Enlightenment | 1 |
| 啓蒙思想家 | 1 |
| 啓蒙時代の人物 | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
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Instruction
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Input
Class: Enlightenment philosopher
Generated description
An Enlightenment philosopher is a thinker from the 17th–18th centuries who emphasized reason, individual rights, and empirical inquiry to challenge traditional authority and advance ideas about politics, science, and human nature.
Instances (65)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| Johann Jakob Breitinger | — |
| Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten | — |
| Stanisław Kostka Potocki | Enlightenment figure |
| ジャン＝ジャック・ルソー | 啓蒙時代の人物 |
| Boris Chicherin | liberal thinker |
| David Hartley | 18th-century philosopher |
| David Home | Scottish Enlightenment figure |
|
Mill
surface form:
John Stuart Mill
|
liberal thinker |
| Joaquim Gonçalves Ledo | liberal thinker |
| James Burnett, Lord Monboddo | member of the Scottish Enlightenment |
| John Millar | Scottish Enlightenment figure |
| Benjamin Constant | liberal thinker |
| Solomon Maimon | — |
| Lord Acton | liberal thinker |
| Immanuel Kant | — |
| David Hume | — |
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Gottsched
surface form:
Johann Christoph Gottsched
|
— |
| William Cullen | Scottish Enlightenment figure |
| Johan Henric Kellgren | Enlightenment intellectual |
| Francis Hutcheson | Scottish Enlightenment figure |
| 中江兆民 | 啓蒙思想家 |
| William Godwin | — |
| Peter Forsskål | — |
| Jean-François Marmontel | — |
| Joseph Johnson | Enlightenment figure |
| Catherine de Kéralio | Enlightenment intellectual |
| Julie de Lespinasse | Enlightenment figure |
| Louis de Jaucourt | Enlightenment figure |
| Pietro Verri | Enlightenment intellectual |
| Antonio Genovesi | — |
| Alessandro Verri | Enlightenment intellectual |
|
Croce
surface form:
Benedetto Croce
|
liberal thinker |
| Giuseppe Parini | Enlightenment intellectual |
| Adamantios Korais | Enlightenment intellectual |
| Rigas Feraios | Enlightenment figure |
| Gian Rinaldo Carli | Enlightenment intellectual |
| Prince Sabahaddin | liberal thinker |
| Malesherbes | Enlightenment figure |
| Voltaire | — |
| Moses Mendelssohn | — |
| Christian Thomasius | — |
|
Charles-Louis
surface form:
Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu
|
— |
| Adam Ferguson | Scottish Enlightenment figure |
| Hugh Blair | Scottish Enlightenment figure |
| Thomas Hill Green | liberal thinker |
| Friedrich Nicolai | Enlightenment intellectual |
| Albrecht von Haller | Enlightenment scholar |
| Thomas Reid | Scottish philosopher |
| Chrétien Guillaume de Lamoignon de Malesherbes | Enlightenment figure |
| Henry Home, Lord Kames | — |