ENLIGHTENMENTS
the action of enlightening or the state of being enlightened
a european intellectual movement of the late 17th and 18th centuries emphasizing reason and individualism rather than tradition. it was heavily influenced by 17th-century philosophers such as descartes, locke, and newton, and its prominent figures included kant, goethe, voltaire, rousseau, and adam smith.
a european intellectual movement of the late 17th and 18th centuries emphasizing reason and individualism rather than tradition. it was heavily influenced by 17th-century philosophers such as descartes, locke, and newton, and its prominent figures included kant, goethe, voltaire, rousseau, and adam smith.