Enlightenment philosophy

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historical period intellectual movement philosophical movement

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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Label Occurrences
Enlightenment philosophy canonical 22
Enlightenment thought 9
Enlightenment liberalism 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical period ⓘ
intellectual movement ⓘ
philosophical movement ⓘ
emphasizes empirical inquiry ⓘ
freedom of thought ⓘ
individual rights ⓘ
progress ⓘ
reason ⓘ
scientific method ⓘ
secularism ⓘ
skepticism of traditional authority ⓘ
toleration ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Age of Enlightenment ⓘ
Age of Reason ⓘ
Age of Enlightenment ⓘ
surface form: the Enlightenment
hasCenter Berlin ⓘ
Edinburgh ⓘ
Geneva ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form: London

Paris ⓘ
hasKeyConcept checks and balances ⓘ
education reform ⓘ
freedom of the press ⓘ
natural rights ⓘ
popular sovereignty ⓘ
religious toleration ⓘ
separation of church and state ⓘ
social contract ⓘ
utilitarian concern for happiness ⓘ
hasKeyInstitution Masonic lodge ⓘ
learned society ⓘ
salon ⓘ
hasKeyMethod empirical observation ⓘ
public debate ⓘ
rational criticism ⓘ
systematic doubt ⓘ
hasKeyPublication Encyclopédie ⓘ
philosophical treatise ⓘ
hasKeyRegion Great Britain ⓘ
surface form: Britain

France ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
North America ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
hasMainPeriod 18th century ⓘ
hasNotableFigure Adam Smith ⓘ
Baron d'Holbach ⓘ
Benjamin Franklin ⓘ
Marquis de Condorcet ⓘ
surface form: Condorcet

David Hume ⓘ
Denis Diderot ⓘ
Immanuel Kant ⓘ
Jean-Jacques Rousseau ⓘ
John Locke ⓘ
Montesquieu ⓘ
Thomas Jefferson ⓘ
Thomas Paine ⓘ
Voltaire ⓘ
historicalPredecessor Baroque scholasticism ⓘ
historicalSuccessor 19th-century liberalism ⓘ
Romanticism ⓘ
influenced American Revolutionary era ⓘ
surface form: American Revolution

French Revolution ⓘ
constitutionalism ⓘ
human rights theory ⓘ
laïcité ⓘ
liberalism ⓘ
modern democracy ⓘ
republicanism ⓘ
separation of powers doctrine ⓘ
influencedBy Renaissance humanism ⓘ
Scientific Revolution ⓘ
early modern natural philosophy ⓘ
opposes absolute monarchy ⓘ
censorship ⓘ
divine right of kings ⓘ
religious dogmatism ⓘ
relatedTo Deism ⓘ
Enlightened absolutism ⓘ
scientific naturalism ⓘ

Referenced by (51)

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John Locke → influenced → Enlightenment philosophy ⓘ
The Social Contract → influencedBy → Enlightenment philosophy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Enlightenment
Charles-Michel Trudaine de la Sablière → movement → Enlightenment philosophy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Enlightenment
The Subjection of Women → influencedBy → Enlightenment philosophy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Enlightenment liberalism
Unitarianism → influencedBy → Enlightenment philosophy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Enlightenment thought
Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion → philosophicalTradition → Enlightenment philosophy ⓘ
Immanuel → movement → Enlightenment philosophy ⓘ
subject surface form: Immanuel Kant
Ancien Régime → opposedBy → Enlightenment philosophy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Enlightenment thinkers
Novum Organum → influenced → Enlightenment philosophy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Enlightenment thought
A Vindication of the Rights of Men → influencedBy → Enlightenment philosophy ⓘ
Northwest Ordinance → influencedBy → Enlightenment philosophy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Enlightenment political thought
New Culture Movement → influencedBy → Enlightenment philosophy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Enlightenment thought
Treatise on the Origin of Language → movement → Enlightenment philosophy ⓘ
Treatise on the Origin of Language → influencedBy → Enlightenment philosophy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Enlightenment thought
Voices of the Peoples in Their Songs → influencedBy → Enlightenment philosophy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Enlightenment thought
Romantic nationalism → influencedBy → Enlightenment philosophy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Enlightenment nationalism
European witch hunts → hasDeclineCause → Enlightenment philosophy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Enlightenment skepticism
Discourse on the Origin and Basis of Inequality Among Men → philosophicalMovement → Enlightenment philosophy ⓘ
What is Enlightenment? → mainTopic → Enlightenment philosophy ⓘ
this entity surface form: enlightenment (philosophy)
Plutarch’s Parallel Lives → influenced → Enlightenment philosophy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Enlightenment moral philosophy
Enlightenment studies → includesTopic → Enlightenment philosophy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Enlightenment and religion
Theodicy → influenced → Enlightenment philosophy ⓘ
Catéchisme positiviste → influencedBy → Enlightenment philosophy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Enlightenment thought
How is pure natural science possible? → historicalContext → Enlightenment philosophy ⓘ
Kantianism → developedFrom → Enlightenment philosophy ⓘ
Marquis de Sade → influencedBy → Enlightenment philosophy ⓘ
Constitution of Troezen of 1827 → influencedBy → Enlightenment philosophy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Enlightenment political thought
First Estate → ideologicalOppositionFrom → Enlightenment philosophy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Enlightenment thinkers
Lutheran orthodoxy → followedBy → Enlightenment philosophy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Enlightenment theology
God Is Not Great → influencedBy → Enlightenment philosophy ⓘ
Humanism → influenced → Enlightenment philosophy ⓘ
The Right to the Use of the Earth → influencedBy → Enlightenment philosophy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Enlightenment liberalism
Institutions de Physique → hasInfluenced → Enlightenment philosophy ⓘ
theological liberalism → influencedBy → Enlightenment philosophy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Enlightenment thought
Solomon Maimon → philosophicalSchool → Enlightenment philosophy ⓘ
Melchor Ocampo → influencedBy → Enlightenment philosophy ⓘ
Second Discourse → philosophicalSchool → Enlightenment philosophy ⓘ
Abhandlung von freier Untersuchung des Kanon → movement → Enlightenment philosophy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Enlightenment theology
Kantian metaphysics → philosophicalTradition → Enlightenment philosophy ⓘ
Johann August Ernesti → movement → Enlightenment philosophy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Enlightenment theology
Ignacy Potocki → influencedBy → Enlightenment philosophy ⓘ
Agrarian Justice → influencedBy → Enlightenment philosophy ⓘ
De l'homme → philosophicalTradition → Enlightenment philosophy ⓘ
Artiguist revolution → influencedBy → Enlightenment philosophy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Enlightenment ideas
Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos → influencedBy → Enlightenment philosophy ⓘ
Antonio de Capmany → influencedBy → Enlightenment philosophy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Enlightenment political thought
Fifth Address → influencedBy → Enlightenment philosophy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Enlightenment thought
Early modern philosophy → hasInfluenceOn → Enlightenment philosophy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Enlightenment thought
Giuseppe Parini → influencedBy → Enlightenment philosophy ⓘ
Osservazioni sulla tortura → influencedBy → Enlightenment philosophy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Enlightenment legal thought