Enlightenment, The

The Enlightenment is that period of intellectual enquiry, broadly synonymous with the “long” 18th century (circa 1680–1820), when modern ideas of rationality, public criticism, and the emancipation of civil society through reasoned reform took shape. During the Enlightenment, ...

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