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The Enlightment (jan 1, 1715 – jan 1, 1789)

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Enlightment, a European scholarly development of the seventeenth and eighteenth hundreds of years wherein thoughts concerning God, reason, nature, and humankind were put into a perspective that increased wide consent in the West and that induced progressive improvements in workmanship, theory, and legislative issues. Fundamental to Enlightenment thought were the utilization and festivity of reason, the power by which people comprehend the universe and improve their very own condition. The objectives of normal mankind were viewed as information, opportunity, and bliss.

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jan 1, 1715
jan 1, 1789
~ 74 years

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