Age of Enlightenment

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cultural movement historical period intellectual movement philosophical movement

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.

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Enlightenment 79
European Enlightenment 14
Enlightenment era 3

Statements (76)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural movement ⓘ
historical period ⓘ
intellectual movement ⓘ
philosophical movement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Age of Enlightenment ⓘ
surface form: Age of Reason

Age of Enlightenment ⓘ
surface form: Enlightenment
associatedWith Masonic lodges ⓘ
Republic of Letters ⓘ
salon culture ⓘ
coreValue empiricism ⓘ
freedom of thought ⓘ
individual rights ⓘ
progress ⓘ
reason ⓘ
secularism ⓘ
tolerance ⓘ
emphasized critique of authority ⓘ
natural rights ⓘ
rational inquiry ⓘ
scientific method ⓘ
social contract theory ⓘ
endTime late 18th century ⓘ
field economics ⓘ
education ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ
political theory ⓘ
science ⓘ
hasPart American Enlightenment ⓘ
Enlightened absolutism ⓘ
Age of Enlightenment self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: French Enlightenment

German Enlightenment ⓘ
Scottish Enlightenment ⓘ
influenced American Revolutionary War ⓘ
surface form: American Revolution

French Revolution ⓘ
Latin American independence movements ⓘ
constitutionalism ⓘ
human rights discourse ⓘ
laïcité ⓘ
modern democracy ⓘ
modern liberalism ⓘ
modern scientific institutions ⓘ
separation of powers doctrine ⓘ
influencedBy Reformation ⓘ
Renaissance humanism ⓘ
Scientific Revolution ⓘ
legacy codification of civil rights ⓘ
development of modern constitutions ⓘ
expansion of public education ⓘ
rise of secular states ⓘ
mainRegion Europe ⓘ
North America ⓘ
majorFigure Adam Smith ⓘ
Baron d'Holbach ⓘ
Benjamin Franklin ⓘ
Cesare Beccaria ⓘ
David Hume ⓘ
Denis Diderot ⓘ
Immanuel Kant ⓘ
Jean-Jacques Rousseau ⓘ
John Locke ⓘ
Mary Wollstonecraft ⓘ
Montesquieu ⓘ
Thomas Jefferson ⓘ
Voltaire ⓘ
majorWork A Vindication of the Rights of Woman ⓘ
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding ⓘ
Critique of Pure Reason ⓘ
Encyclopédie ⓘ
The Social Contract ⓘ
The Spirit of the Laws ⓘ
The Wealth of Nations ⓘ
opposed absolute monarchy ⓘ
censorship ⓘ
divine right of kings ⓘ
religious dogmatism ⓘ
startTime late 17th century ⓘ

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Age of Enlightenment → alsoKnownAs → Age of Enlightenment ⓘ
this entity surface form: Age of Reason
Joseph Johnson → associatedWithMovement → Age of Enlightenment ⓘ
this entity surface form: Enlightenment
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Anacreontic poets → culturalContext → Age of Enlightenment ⓘ
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Alexander von Humboldt → era → Age of Enlightenment ⓘ
Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot → era → Age of Enlightenment ⓘ
Battle of Rheinberg → era → Age of Enlightenment ⓘ
Francis Hutcheson → era → Age of Enlightenment ⓘ
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Joseph I of Portugal → era → Age of Enlightenment ⓘ
Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor → era → Age of Enlightenment ⓘ
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Juan Manuel de Ayala → era → Age of Enlightenment ⓘ
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Lazare Carnot → era → Age of Enlightenment ⓘ
Louis Pierre Vieillot → era → Age of Enlightenment ⓘ
Pasquale Paoli → era → Age of Enlightenment ⓘ
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Critique of Practical Reason → historicalContext → Age of Enlightenment ⓘ
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Emile, or On Education → historicalContext → Age of Enlightenment ⓘ
this entity surface form: European Enlightenment
La Contagion sacrée → historicalContext → Age of Enlightenment ⓘ
this entity surface form: European Enlightenment
Le Bon Sens → historicalContext → Age of Enlightenment ⓘ
this entity surface form: European Enlightenment
Of the Liberty of the Press → historicalContext → Age of Enlightenment ⓘ
Phädon → historicalContext → Age of Enlightenment ⓘ
this entity surface form: European Enlightenment
this entity surface form: European Enlightenment
Battle of Bergen → historicalEra → Age of Enlightenment ⓘ
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Siege of Prague (1757) → historicalEra → Age of Enlightenment ⓘ
Third Silesian War → historicalEra → Age of Enlightenment ⓘ