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The Enlightenment was an late 17th- and 18th-century movement in Western thought, encompassing several artistic, intellectual, philosophic, and social changes developed around new theories of rational thought, scientific method, and empirical knowledge. The term is often used synonymously with the Age of Reason. | The Enlightenment was an late 17th- and 18th-century movement in Western thought, encompassing several artistic, intellectual, philosophic, and social changes developed around new theories of rational thought, scientific method, and empirical knowledge. The term is often used synonymously with the Age of Reason. | ||
=====Episode 2509: David A. Bell on "The Enlightenment"===== | |||
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Daw6ec_YaE0 by Keen On YouTube] | |||
So what, exactly, was “The Enlightenment”? According to the Princeton historian David A. Bell (https://www.davidavrombell.com/) , it was an intellectual movement roughly spanning the early 18th century through to the French Revolution. In his Spring 2025 Liberties Quarterly piece | |||
