The Enlightenment began in the year 1715 and ended in the year 1789.
Enlightenment usually follows economic prosperity.
During the enlightenment governments and churches tried to stop spread enlightenment ideas
who were the three french enlightenment thinkers and one english enlightenment thinker who influeneced our founding fathers?
The enlightenment had a lot to do with the declaration. the age of enlightenment brought forth new ideas from enlightenment thinkers suck as John Locke and the natural rights which Thomas Jefferson put in the declaration of independence
Enlightenment thinkers
There were three core concepts to enlightenment thinking; reason, social sciences and progress. Two enlightenment thinkers were Bernard de Fontenelle and Pierre Bayle.
Europe
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The cultural movement known as Enlightenment occured in the 18th century. Enlightenment started in Europe, but it quickly moved to the colonies of America.
The age of enlightenment began with the curiosoty of Man and conflicts between scientists and philosophers against the clerical institutions and the church.
Siddhatta attained enlightenment in what is now India.
from about 1730's to 1750's
It started in England with Thomas Hobbes and John Locke.
It began in England with Hobbes but ended up in France.
The Age of Enlightenment began around the 18th century. It was the cultural movement of intellectuals that emphasized individualism and reason rather than tradition.
France, of which 3 of the most notable philosophes are from: Voltaire, Rousseau, Montesquieu
They began to use reason and knowledge.
It led Europeans to begin questioning traditional authorities