British Enlightenment

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historical period intellectual movement

The British Enlightenment was an intellectual movement in 17th- and 18th-century Britain characterized by empiricism, political liberalism, and scientific progress, associated with thinkers such as John Locke, David Hume, and Adam Smith.

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English Enlightenment	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical period ⓘ intellectual movement ⓘ
associatedWith	Adam Smith ⓘ David Hartley ⓘ David Hume ⓘ Edmund Burke ⓘ Francis Bacon ⓘ George Berkeley ⓘ Isaac Newton ⓘ James Mill ⓘ Jeremy Bentham ⓘ John Locke ⓘ John Stuart Mill ⓘ Joseph Priestley ⓘ Thomas Hobbes ⓘ
coreIdea	associationist psychology ⓘ experimental method in science ⓘ free trade ⓘ freedom of the press ⓘ laissez-faire economics ⓘ moral sense theory ⓘ natural rights ⓘ parliamentary sovereignty ⓘ religious toleration ⓘ separation of powers ⓘ social contract theory ⓘ
country	England ⓘ Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ Scotland ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	commercial society theory ⓘ constitutionalism ⓘ emphasis on experience ⓘ emphasis on reason ⓘ empiricism ⓘ individual rights ⓘ political liberalism ⓘ religious toleration ⓘ scientific progress ⓘ skepticism about authority ⓘ
influenced	American Enlightenment ⓘ Scottish Enlightenment ⓘ classical economics ⓘ liberalism ⓘ modern constitutional democracy ⓘ modern empiricism ⓘ utilitarianism ⓘ
influencedBy	English Civil War ⓘ Glorious Revolution ⓘ Newtonian mechanics ⓘ surface form: Newtonian physics Reformation ⓘ Scientific Revolution ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
movementDomain	economics ⓘ education ⓘ philosophy ⓘ political theory ⓘ religion ⓘ science ⓘ
notableWork	A Treatise of Human Nature ⓘ An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding ⓘ An Essay Concerning Human Understanding ⓘ An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation ⓘ Principia Mathematica ⓘ The Theory of Moral Sentiments ⓘ The Wealth of Nations ⓘ Two Treatises of Government ⓘ
overlapsWith	Age of Reason ⓘ
partOf	Age of Enlightenment ⓘ surface form: European Enlightenment
temporalLocation	17th century ⓘ 18th century ⓘ

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American Enlightenment → influencedBy → British Enlightenment ⓘ

Deutsche Aufklärung → influencedBy → British Enlightenment ⓘ

French Enlightenment → influencedBy → British Enlightenment ⓘ

this entity surface form: English Enlightenment