Enlightenment and revolution
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Enlightenment and revolution refers to the historical and intellectual relationship between Enlightenment ideas—such as reason, liberty, and equality—and the political upheavals they inspired, most notably the American and French Revolutions.
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| Enlightenment and revolution canonical | 1 |
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Target entity: Enlightenment and revolution Context triple: [Enlightenment studies, includesTopic, Enlightenment and revolution]
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A.
Enlightenment encyclopedism
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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B.
Enlightenment philosophy
Enlightenment philosophy was an 18th-century intellectual movement emphasizing reason, individual rights, empirical inquiry, and skepticism of traditional authority in politics, religion, and society.
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Radical Enlightenment
Radical Enlightenment is a strand of 17th- and 18th-century thought that pushed for thoroughgoing secularism, democracy, and intellectual freedom by radically challenging religious and monarchical authority.
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American Enlightenment
The American Enlightenment was an intellectual and cultural movement in 18th-century America that emphasized reason, science, and individual rights, profoundly shaping the ideals of the American Revolution and the founding of the United States.
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E.
Age of Enlightenment
The Age of Enlightenment was an 18th-century intellectual movement in Europe and the Americas that emphasized reason, science, and individual rights, profoundly shaping modern democratic and political thought.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Enlightenment and revolution Target entity description: Enlightenment and revolution refers to the historical and intellectual relationship between Enlightenment ideas—such as reason, liberty, and equality—and the political upheavals they inspired, most notably the American and French Revolutions.
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A.
Enlightenment encyclopedism
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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B.
Enlightenment philosophy
Enlightenment philosophy was an 18th-century intellectual movement emphasizing reason, individual rights, empirical inquiry, and skepticism of traditional authority in politics, religion, and society.
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C.
Radical Enlightenment
Radical Enlightenment is a strand of 17th- and 18th-century thought that pushed for thoroughgoing secularism, democracy, and intellectual freedom by radically challenging religious and monarchical authority.
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D.
American Enlightenment
The American Enlightenment was an intellectual and cultural movement in 18th-century America that emphasized reason, science, and individual rights, profoundly shaping the ideals of the American Revolution and the founding of the United States.
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E.
Age of Enlightenment
The Age of Enlightenment was an 18th-century intellectual movement in Europe and the Americas that emphasized reason, science, and individual rights, profoundly shaping modern democratic and political thought.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical concept
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intellectual movement ⓘ political philosophy topic ⓘ |
| focusesOn | relationship between ideas and political change ⓘ |
| geographicScope |
Caribbean
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Europe ⓘ Latin America ⓘ North America ⓘ |
| hasKeyInfluence |
American Revolutionary era
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surface form:
American Revolution
Batavian Revolution ⓘ
surface form:
Dutch Patriot Revolt
French Revolution ⓘ Haitian Revolution ⓘ Latin American independence movements ⓘ
surface form:
Latin American wars of independence
1848 revolutions ⓘ
surface form:
revolutions of 1848
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| hasKeyThinker |
Adam Smith
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Baron d'Holbach ⓘ Marquis de Condorcet ⓘ
surface form:
Condorcet
Denis Diderot ⓘ Immanuel Kant ⓘ Jean-Jacques Rousseau ⓘ John Locke ⓘ Montesquieu ⓘ Thomas Paine ⓘ Voltaire ⓘ |
| hasMainTheme |
Age of Enlightenment
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surface form:
Enlightenment
revolution ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
18th century
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early 19th century ⓘ late 18th century ⓘ |
| involvesConcept |
constitutionalism
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equality ⓘ freedom of speech ⓘ freedom of the press ⓘ human rights ⓘ liberty ⓘ natural rights ⓘ popular sovereignty ⓘ reason ⓘ religious toleration ⓘ republicanism ⓘ separation of powers ⓘ social contract ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Age of Revolutions
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Atlantic history ⓘ democratization ⓘ modernity ⓘ |
| studiedInDiscipline |
history
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intellectual history ⓘ legal history ⓘ philosophy ⓘ political science ⓘ |
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Subject: Enlightenment and revolution Description of subject: Enlightenment and revolution refers to the historical and intellectual relationship between Enlightenment ideas—such as reason, liberty, and equality—and the political upheavals they inspired, most notably the American and French Revolutions.
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