European Enlightenment

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cultural movement historical period intellectual movement

The European Enlightenment was an 18th-century intellectual and cultural movement in Europe that emphasized reason, science, individual rights, and secular governance, profoundly shaping modern Western thought and political institutions.

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Label	Occurrences
European Enlightenment canonical	22
Enlightenment	13
Enlightenment thought	4
Enlightenment art	1
Enlightenment era Europe	1
Enlightenment ideas	1
Enlightenment thinkers	1
Western Enlightenment thought	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cultural movement ⓘ historical period ⓘ intellectual movement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Age of Enlightenment NERFINISHED ⓘ Enlightenment NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Austria ⓘ France ⓘ German states ⓘ Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ Italy ⓘ Russia ⓘ Scotland ⓘ Spain ⓘ
endTime	early 19th century ⓘ
field	economics ⓘ education ⓘ law ⓘ philosophy ⓘ political theory ⓘ religious thought ⓘ science ⓘ
followedBy	19th-century liberalism ⓘ Romanticism NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCoreIdea	critique of authority ⓘ education reform ⓘ empiricism ⓘ equality before the law ⓘ freedom of religion ⓘ freedom of speech ⓘ individual rights ⓘ natural rights ⓘ progress ⓘ reason ⓘ scientific rationalism ⓘ secular governance ⓘ separation of powers ⓘ social contract ⓘ toleration ⓘ utilitarian ethics ⓘ
hasKeyFigure	Adam Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ Baron d'Holbach NERFINISHED ⓘ Benjamin Franklin NERFINISHED ⓘ Catherine II of Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ Cesare Beccaria NERFINISHED ⓘ Condorcet NERFINISHED ⓘ David Hume NERFINISHED ⓘ Denis Diderot NERFINISHED ⓘ Frederick II of Prussia NERFINISHED ⓘ Gotthold Ephraim Lessing NERFINISHED ⓘ Immanuel Kant NERFINISHED ⓘ Jean-Jacques Rousseau NERFINISHED ⓘ John Locke NERFINISHED ⓘ Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor NERFINISHED ⓘ Montesquieu NERFINISHED ⓘ Moses Mendelssohn NERFINISHED ⓘ Thomas Jefferson NERFINISHED ⓘ Voltaire NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasKeyInstitution	Masonic lodge ⓘ academy of sciences ⓘ coffeehouse ⓘ learned society ⓘ reading society ⓘ salon ⓘ
hasKeyWork	A Treatise of Human Nature NERFINISHED ⓘ An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations NERFINISHED ⓘ Critique of Pure Reason NERFINISHED ⓘ Encyclopédie NERFINISHED ⓘ On Crimes and Punishments NERFINISHED ⓘ The Social Contract NERFINISHED ⓘ The Spirit of the Laws NERFINISHED ⓘ Two Treatises of Government NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLegacy	codified civil law systems ⓘ expansion of suffrage debates ⓘ modern education systems ⓘ modern human rights discourse ⓘ secular state institutions ⓘ
hasPart	Central European Enlightenment NERFINISHED ⓘ English Enlightenment NERFINISHED ⓘ French Enlightenment NERFINISHED ⓘ German Enlightenment NERFINISHED ⓘ Italian Enlightenment NERFINISHED ⓘ Scottish Enlightenment NERFINISHED ⓘ Spanish Enlightenment NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasTheme	anti-absolutism ⓘ codification of law ⓘ critique of religious dogma ⓘ education for citizenship ⓘ penal reform ⓘ print culture expansion ⓘ public sphere ⓘ
influenced	American Revolution NERFINISHED ⓘ Enlightened absolutism NERFINISHED ⓘ French Revolution NERFINISHED ⓘ constitutionalism ⓘ human rights ⓘ liberal democracy ⓘ modern Western thought ⓘ scientific method ⓘ secularism ⓘ
mainRegion	Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy	Age of Reason NERFINISHED ⓘ Scientific Revolution NERFINISHED ⓘ
startTime	late 17th century ⓘ
timePeriod	18th century ⓘ

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Bulgarian National Revival → influencedBy → European Enlightenment ⓘ

Economic Sentiments: Adam Smith, Condorcet, and the Enlightenment → setInContextOf → European Enlightenment ⓘ

Comte → influencedBy → European Enlightenment ⓘ

subject surface form: Auguste Comte

this entity surface form: Enlightenment thought

Midlands Enlightenment → influencedBy → European Enlightenment ⓘ

Polish intelligentsia → influencedBy → European Enlightenment ⓘ

Joseph Wright of Derby paintings → movement → European Enlightenment ⓘ

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De generis humani varietate nativa → historicalContext → European Enlightenment ⓘ

Martin → literaryPeriod → European Enlightenment ⓘ

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Commentary on Newton's Principia → associatedWithMovement → European Enlightenment ⓘ

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General Biography → era → European Enlightenment ⓘ

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Evenings at Home → associatedMovement → European Enlightenment ⓘ

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Mr. Science → influencedBy → European Enlightenment ⓘ

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Sentimentalism → influencedBy → European Enlightenment ⓘ

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Cai Yuanpei → influencedBy → European Enlightenment ⓘ

this entity surface form: Enlightenment thought

Weimar Triangle region (cultural) → influencedBy → European Enlightenment ⓘ

Isaac Euchel → culturalContext → European Enlightenment ⓘ

Kemalism → influencedBy → European Enlightenment ⓘ

this entity surface form: Enlightenment ideas

Judah Leib Gordon → influencedBy → European Enlightenment ⓘ

the West → influencedBy → European Enlightenment ⓘ

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Aesthetica in nuce → historicalContext → European Enlightenment ⓘ

Eighth Walk → movement → European Enlightenment ⓘ

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Gedanken über die Nachahmung der griechischen Werke in der Malerei und Bildhauerkunst → historicalContext → European Enlightenment ⓘ

Ring Parable → associatedWithMovement → European Enlightenment ⓘ

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Halle Enlightenment → partOf → European Enlightenment ⓘ

Swiss Enlightenment → partOf → European Enlightenment ⓘ

Kants "Beantwortung der Frage: Was ist Aufklärung?" → influencedBy → European Enlightenment ⓘ

subject surface form: Beantwortung der Frage: Was ist Aufklärung?

Laokoon → movement → European Enlightenment ⓘ

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Jerusalem, or On Religious Power and Judaism → movement → European Enlightenment ⓘ

Morgenstunden, oder Vorlesungen über das Dasein Gottes → hasHistoricalContext → European Enlightenment ⓘ

Baroque scholasticism → hasInfluenceOn → European Enlightenment ⓘ

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Leipzig literary circles → partOf → European Enlightenment ⓘ

On the New German Literature → philosophicalContext → European Enlightenment ⓘ

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Nahda → hasRelatedConcept → European Enlightenment ⓘ

Jeanne de Lartigue → spouseMovement → European Enlightenment ⓘ

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Alleged Relativism in Eighteenth-Century European Thought → discusses → European Enlightenment ⓘ

Alleged Relativism in Eighteenth-Century European Thought → historicalContext → European Enlightenment ⓘ

Thomas → influencedBy → European Enlightenment ⓘ

subject surface form: Thomas Paine

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Spanish Enlightenment → influencedBy → European Enlightenment ⓘ

Meirokusha → influencedBy → European Enlightenment ⓘ

Ancien Régime in Paris → hasCulturalMovement → European Enlightenment ⓘ

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Dialogo sopra la nobiltà → movement → European Enlightenment ⓘ

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Il Giorno → literaryMovement → European Enlightenment ⓘ

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The Baron in the Trees → hasSubject → European Enlightenment ⓘ

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