Enlightenment encyclopedism

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Enlightenment movement intellectual movement

Enlightenment encyclopedism was an 18th-century intellectual movement that sought to systematically collect, organize, and disseminate all human knowledge in accessible reference works, epitomized by projects like Diderot and d’Alembert’s Encyclopédie.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Enlightenment movement ⓘ intellectual movement ⓘ
emphasizes	accessibility of knowledge ⓘ didactic utility of reference works ⓘ rational inquiry ⓘ secular learning ⓘ systematic classification ⓘ universal knowledge ⓘ
hasAim	diffusion of Enlightenment ideas ⓘ education of a broad reading public ⓘ promotion of critical thinking ⓘ secularization of knowledge ⓘ undermining of ignorance and superstition ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	attempt to be comprehensive ⓘ didactic tone ⓘ inclusion of both sciences and humanities ⓘ inclusion of practical arts and crafts ⓘ interdisciplinary scope ⓘ large multi-volume reference works ⓘ tension between neutrality and advocacy ⓘ use of illustrations and plates ⓘ
hasGeographicCenter	Great Britain ⓘ surface form: Britain France ⓘ
hasKeyFigure	Baron d'Holbach ⓘ surface form: Baron d’Holbach Denis Diderot ⓘ Ephraim Chambers ⓘ Jean d’Alembert ⓘ surface form: Jean le Rond d’Alembert Jean-Jacques Rousseau ⓘ Louis de Jaucourt ⓘ Voltaire ⓘ
hasKeyWork	Cyclopaedia, or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences ⓘ Encyclopaedia Britannica ⓘ surface form: Encyclopædia Britannica (first edition) Encyclopédie ⓘ Encyclopédie ⓘ surface form: Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers
hasLanguage	English ⓘ French ⓘ
hasMainGoal	dissemination of human knowledge ⓘ organization of human knowledge ⓘ systematic collection of human knowledge ⓘ
hasMethod	alphabetical arrangement of entries ⓘ cross-referencing of articles ⓘ editorial coordination of large collaborative projects ⓘ thematic classification of knowledge ⓘ use of specialized contributors ⓘ
hasTimePeriod	18th century ⓘ
influenced	later projects of universal knowledge ⓘ modern encyclopedias ⓘ reference publishing ⓘ
influencedBy	Baconian empiricism ⓘ Enlightenment rationalism ⓘ humanism ⓘ scientific revolution ⓘ
opposes	censorship ⓘ dogmatic religious authority in intellectual matters ⓘ
relatedTo	Republic of Letters ⓘ print culture of the Enlightenment ⓘ

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