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[https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/modern-intellectual-history/article/abs/historiography-and-enlightenment-a-view-of-their-history/A35491A94A7C20D15A49293BE0BE9BAA by Cambridge University 1/4/08 CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY] | [https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/modern-intellectual-history/article/abs/historiography-and-enlightenment-a-view-of-their-history/A35491A94A7C20D15A49293BE0BE9BAA by Cambridge University 1/4/08 CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY] | ||
This essay is written on the following premises and argues for them. “Enlightenment” is a word or signifier, and not a single or unifiable phenomenon which it consistently signifies. There is no single or unifiable phenomenon describable as “the Enlightenment,” but it is the definite article rather than the noun which is to be avoided. In studying the intellectual history of the late seventeenth century and the eighteenth, we encounter a variety of statements made, and assumptions proposed, to which the term “Enlightenment” may usefully be applied, but the meanings of the term shift as we apply it. | This essay is written on the following premises and argues for them. “Enlightenment” is a word or signifier, and not a single or unifiable phenomenon which it consistently signifies. There is no single or unifiable phenomenon describable as “the Enlightenment,” but it is the definite article rather than the noun which is to be avoided. In studying the intellectual history of the late seventeenth century and the eighteenth, we encounter a variety of statements made, and assumptions proposed, to which the term “Enlightenment” may usefully be applied, but the meanings of the term shift as we apply it. | ||
=====The Enlightenment and Its Impact===== | |||
[https://brainly.com/topic/history/the-enlightenment-and-its-impact by BRAINLY] | |||
The Enlightenment refers to a period in European history spanning the late 17th and 18th centuries. It was characterized by a drastic shift in thinking, advocated by philosophers, scientists, and writers who sought to challenge traditional authority and promote reason, science, and individualism. | |||
