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[https://www.historyhit.com/heroes-of-the-enlightenment/ by Luke Tomes 11/1/21 HISTORYHIT] | [https://www.historyhit.com/heroes-of-the-enlightenment/ by Luke Tomes 11/1/21 HISTORYHIT] | ||
Put simply, the Enlightenment was a period in history, occuring roughly between the late-16th and 18th century, that completely transformed western culture. The ‘Age of Reason’, as it became known, saw long-established monarchies, religious institutions, social systems and hierachies challenged from below and a philosophical search for human improvement. | Put simply, the Enlightenment was a period in history, occuring roughly between the late-16th and 18th century, that completely transformed western culture. The ‘Age of Reason’, as it became known, saw long-established monarchies, religious institutions, social systems and hierachies challenged from below and a philosophical search for human improvement. | ||
=====American Enlightenment Thought===== | |||
[https://iep.utm.edu/american-enlightenment-thought/ by Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy] | |||
Although there is no consensus about the exact span of time that corresponds to the American Enlightenment, it is safe to say that it occurred during the eighteenth century among thinkers in British North America and the early United States and was inspired by the ideas of the British and French Enlightenments. | |||
