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[https://courses.lumenlearning.com/suny-hccc-worldhistory2/chapter/the-enlightenment/ by The Enlightenment] | [https://courses.lumenlearning.com/suny-hccc-worldhistory2/chapter/the-enlightenment/ by The Enlightenment] | ||
The Enlightenment, a philosophical movement that dominated in Europe during the 18th century, was centered around the idea that reason is the primary source of authority and legitimacy, and advocated such ideals as liberty, progress, tolerance, fraternity, constitutional government, and separation of church and state. | The Enlightenment, a philosophical movement that dominated in Europe during the 18th century, was centered around the idea that reason is the primary source of authority and legitimacy, and advocated such ideals as liberty, progress, tolerance, fraternity, constitutional government, and separation of church and state. | ||
=====The Enlightenment Timeline===== | |||
[https://www.britannica.com/summary/The-Enlightenment-Timeline by The Editors of Encyclopedia Britannica] | |||
Galileo’s Sidereus Nuncius (The Sidereal Messenger) is published. In the book Galileo describes his discoveries of four moons revolving around the planet Jupiter. These discoveries support the Copernican heliocentric theory, which proposed that Earth and the other planets revolve around the Sun. (For centuries astronomy had been based on Ptolemy’s theory that Earth was the center of the universe and motionless.) The book is one of the scientific texts considered foundational to the Enlightenment. | |||
