Enlightenment rationalism
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Enlightenment rationalism is an intellectual movement that emphasized reason, individual rights, and secular inquiry as the primary means for understanding and improving society.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical movement
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intellectual movement → philosophical movement → |
| aimsAt |
improving society
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understanding society → |
| associatedWith |
Baruch Spinoza
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Denis Diderot → Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz → Immanuel Kant → Jean-Jacques Rousseau → John Locke → Montesquieu → René Descartes → Voltaire → |
| coreBelief |
human reason can discover moral and political truths
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progress is possible through knowledge → social institutions should be justified by reason → traditional authority must be critically examined → |
| emphasizes |
empirical evidence
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individual rights → rational inquiry → reason → scientific method → secular inquiry → |
| hasConcept |
natural rights
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popular sovereignty → social contract → toleration → |
| hasMainPeriod |
17th century
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18th century → |
| influenced |
humanism
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liberalism → modern democracy → modern science → secularism → the American Revolution → the French Revolution → |
| opposes |
absolute monarchy
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arbitrary authority → religious dogmatism → superstition → |
| partOf |
Age of Enlightenment
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| supports |
constitutional government
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education reform → freedom of speech → freedom of thought → human rights → religious toleration → rule of law → separation of church and state → |