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[https://www.oerproject.com/en/oer-materials/oer-media/html-articles/origins/unit7/the-enlightenment by Amy Elizabeth Robinson OER Enlightenment] | [https://www.oerproject.com/en/oer-materials/oer-media/html-articles/origins/unit7/the-enlightenment by Amy Elizabeth Robinson OER Enlightenment] | ||
Between the late seventeenth and late eighteenth centuries, there was a period of rapid intellectual change that came to be known as the Enlightenment. Thinkers, writers, artists, political leaders, and also new groups of “ordinary” people drove this major cultural and intellectual movement. They believed they were finally shining the “light” of reason on the natural and human worlds. In 1784, German philosopher Immanuel Kant wrote that an “enlightened” understanding should start with the command: “Dare to know!” | Between the late seventeenth and late eighteenth centuries, there was a period of rapid intellectual change that came to be known as the Enlightenment. Thinkers, writers, artists, political leaders, and also new groups of “ordinary” people drove this major cultural and intellectual movement. They believed they were finally shining the “light” of reason on the natural and human worlds. In 1784, German philosopher Immanuel Kant wrote that an “enlightened” understanding should start with the command: “Dare to know!” | ||
=====The Age of Enlightenment, an introduction===== | |||
[https://smarthistory.org/a-beginners-guide-to-the-age-of-enlightenment/ by Dr. Steven Zucker and Dr. Beth Harris smarthistory] | |||
In A Philosopher Giving a Lecture at the Orrery by Joseph Wright of Derby we see an orrery— a mechanical model of the solar system. In the center is a gas light which represents the sun (though the child who stands in the foreground with his back to us block this from our view); the arcs represent the orbits of the planets. Wright concentrates on the faces of the figures to create a compelling narrative. | |||
