The Small Enlightenment in Prussia and German States The Enlightenment was an expansive intellectual‚ philosophical‚ cultural‚ and social movement that spread throughout much of Europe during the 1700s. The Enlightenment was largely made possible by the Scientific Revolution which began in the 1500s and represented the biggest departure from The Middle Ages. After millenniums of obedience to the Church people started to break away from a long spell of ignorance and began to question ideas relating
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During the Enlightenment‚ or the‚ “Age of Reason‚” many intellectuals came together and established a sort of movement during the eighteenth century in Europe. The main objective that was trying to be completed was to present the power of reason to reform society‚ including also to promote knowledge‚ sciences‚ and to go against any sort of superstition that went about. Of those intellectuals that participated in this movement‚ many of them went on to influence future leaders that would establish
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Enlightenment vs Romanticism The enlightenment was an 18th century movement that emphasized reason to change society and advance knowledge. The enlightenment changed how people all over Europe‚ and later North America‚ thought about religion‚ hierarchy‚ monarchy‚ and science. People began to question the church and there was a loss of unity in the christian church. It was a time in which people began to think more about themselves without the influence of the government and their church. The enlightenment
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Between 1400 and 1800? History is fluid and dynamic‚ shifting continuously from structure to structure. Between the years 1400 and 1800‚ there were many changes in the world: the Renaissance and Reformation brought their changes to the public life‚ the Age of Exploration opened and expanded an entire world‚ the enlightened became Enlightened‚ and Absolutism came and went its way. The Renaissance brought out the individual‚ and the Reformation gave it freedom. Before the Renaissance‚ a person’s greatest
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During the Enlightenment‚ or The Age of Reason‚ there were many thinkers who made a huge difference in the world‚ changed how people thought about traditional authority‚ and helped them embraced the notion that humanity could be improved through rational changes. The Enlightenment was an era of new ideas and ways of thinking that gave rise to the expansion of a literate European society promoting economic improvement and political reform. Out of the many thinkers in this era‚ there are three that
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The Scientific Revolution’s Effect on the Enlightenment Era The scientific revolution started in the late in the late 1600’s and was followed by the enlightenment era. The scientific revolution scientists challenged the church’s teachings and proved them wrong in many ways. That made people open their eyes and start to question all of their leaders including those who believed in divine right. With that said‚ the enlightenment eera couldn’t have happened without the scientific revolution happening
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The 18th century is known as Age of Reason or also referred to as the Age of Enlightenment (sageamericanhistory.net). The people of this time period went through a "scientific revelation" that changed the way they processed information bringing about new ideas. The American Enlightenment stemmed from European Enlightenment ideas‚ essentially shaping them through their own experiences. Some outside influences of the time were John Locke‚ Adam Smith‚ and Jean-Jacques Rousseau (Schulz). But America
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On Equiano’s Travels and the Enlightenment During the eighteenth century‚ an age of enlightenment fell upon the people of Europe. Across the continent‚ knowledge and discovery spread like wildfire. During this era‚ an overwhelming majority of middle-class citizens became literate‚ partaking in various forms of high culture previously reserved exclusively to the aristocracy. At the same time‚ while the age of Enlightenment produced prominent theorists‚ thinkers‚ and intellectual works‚ it also made
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The Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment Science tries to explain the world without reference to God or gods. It sees the world as an object‚ and tries to explain how it moves and interacts. Science is therefore distinct from technology which is a way of manipulating the world. Many cultures had technological knowledge‚ but scientific thinking was first developed in an extensive way by the Ancient Greeks. It was the Greeks thoughts which dominated Europe up until the Scientific Revolution
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