The Age of Enlightenment, also known as the Age of Reason, was an intellectual and philosophical movement that dominated Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries and marked the beginnings of the transition from traditional to more modern societies. It included a range of ideas centered on the value of human happiness, the pursuit of knowledge obtained by reason and the evidence of the senses, and ideals such as liberty, progress, toleration and fraternity. The central doctrines of Enlightenment philosophers were individual liberty and religious tolerance, in opposition to absolute monarchy and the fixed dogmas of the Church.
The Social Contract
The Social Contract
The Social Contract
The Age of Enlightenment, also known as the Age of Reason, was an intellectual and philosophical movement that dominated Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries and marked the beginnings of the transition from traditional to more modern societies. It included a range of ideas centered on the value of human happiness, the pursuit of knowledge obtained by reason and the evidence of the senses, and ideals such as liberty, progress, toleration and fraternity. The central doctrines of Enlightenment philosophers were individual liberty and religious tolerance, in opposition to absolute monarchy and the fixed dogmas of the Church.