German Enlightenment
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The German Enlightenment was an 18th-century intellectual movement in German-speaking Europe characterized by advances in philosophy, literature, theology, and science, and associated with figures such as Immanuel Kant, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, and Moses Mendelssohn.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | As subject | As object |
|---|---|---|
| Austrian Enlightenment | 0 | 1 |
| Berlin Enlightenment | 0 | 1 |
Statements (66)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Enlightenment movement
→
historical period → intellectual movement → |
| coreIdea |
autonomy of the individual
→
critique of authority → education reform → freedom of thought → public sphere of debate → religious tolerance → separation of church and state → use of reason → |
| country | German-speaking Europe → |
| developedConcept |
aesthetic theory of the sublime
→
historical-critical method in theology → public use of reason → religion within the bounds of reason alone → |
| field |
literature
→
natural science → philosophy → theology → |
| hasKeyFigure |
Albrecht von Haller
→
Christian Thomasius → Christian Wolff → Friedrich Nicolai → Gotthold Ephraim Lessing → Immanuel Kant → Johann Christoph Gottsched → Johann Georg Hamann → Johann Gottfried Herder → Johann Gottlieb Fichte → Johann Heinrich Lambert → Johann Joachim Winckelmann → Johann Salomo Semler → Moses Mendelssohn → |
| hasKeyWork |
Critique of Pure Reason
→
Nathan the Wise → Phädon → What is Enlightenment? → |
| hasPart |
literature in the German Enlightenment
→
philosophy in the German Enlightenment → science in the German Enlightenment → theology in the German Enlightenment → |
| influenced |
German idealism
→
surface form:
German Idealism
Romanticism →
surface form:
German Romanticism
Haskalah →
surface form:
Jewish Haskalah
modern German philosophy → modern biblical criticism → |
| influencedBy |
Scottish Enlightenment
→
surface form:
British Enlightenment
Empiricism → Age of Enlightenment →
surface form:
French Enlightenment
Humanism → Pietism → Cartesianism →
surface form:
Rationalism
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| language | German → |
| mainRegion |
Holy Roman Empire
→
Prussia → |
| movement | Age of Enlightenment → |
| nativeLabel | Deutsche Aufklärung → |
| politicalContext |
absolutist monarchies in German states
→
reforms under Frederick II of Prussia → |
| relatedMovement |
Aufklärung
→
Haskalah → |
| religiousContext |
Judaism
→
Lutheranism → Protestantism → |
| startTime | 18th century → |
Referenced by (20)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Berlin Enlightenment
this entity surface form:
Austrian Enlightenment