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[https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/age-enlightenment by Phillip Greenwalt 21/5/25 AMERICAN BATTLEFIELD TRUST] | [https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/age-enlightenment by Phillip Greenwalt 21/5/25 AMERICAN BATTLEFIELD TRUST] | ||
Ironically, out of a period of chaos came an age of reason. Better known in history as the Age of Enlightenment or the Age of Reason, this was a period stretching from the late 17th century through the end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815. From the restoration of the monarchy following the English Civil War, “a rigorous scientific, political, and philosophical discourse” emerged in Europe and journeyed across the Atlantic Ocean to enlighten the minds of British colonists. | Ironically, out of a period of chaos came an age of reason. Better known in history as the Age of Enlightenment or the Age of Reason, this was a period stretching from the late 17th century through the end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815. From the restoration of the monarchy following the English Civil War, “a rigorous scientific, political, and philosophical discourse” emerged in Europe and journeyed across the Atlantic Ocean to enlighten the minds of British colonists. | ||
=====Who Is Human?===== | |||
[https://www.facinghistory.org/resource-library/who-human by The Enlightenment 2/8/16] | |||
In the mid-1700s, many European philosophers and scientists began to use the ideas and methods of science to examine humans and human societies. These thinkers were part of a movement known as the Enlightenment. Most Enlightenment scientists believed that all humans everywhere have the ability to reason for themselves and form their own societies. | |||
