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Assorted References
- major treatment
- history of the blind
- opposition by postmodernism
- view of the Middle Ages
arts and sciences
Western literature
- French literature
- German literature
- Italian literature
- Polish literature
- Slovene literature
- Swedish literature
- allegorical style
- architecture
- art criticism
- astronomy
- biographical literature
- dance criticism
- doctrine of the affections
- historiography
- history
- mathematics and mechanics
- museums
- nonfictional prose
- rhetoric
- simplicity in literature
- tragedy
contribution by
- Beccaria
- Brockes
- Canitz
- Dalin
- Diderot
- Frederick the Great
- In Frederick II
- Gellert
- Gustav III
- In Gustav III
- Hippel
- Husserl
- Leopold
- Locke
- Nicolai
- Voltaire
philosophy and religion
- anti-Semitism
- Christianity
- Christology
- creationism
- egalitarianism
- Great Awakening
- Kantianism
- Lutheranism
- Mennonite faith
- millennialist thought
- Montesquieu and Rousseau
- myth
- philosophy of religion
- Pietism
- positivism
- In positivism
- Protestantism
- racial worldview
- Roman Catholicism
- theological liberalism
socio-political aspects
effects on
- capital punishment
- censorship
- education
- slavery
- American Revolution
- feminism
- French reforms
- French Revolution
- German society
- human rights
- Italian society
- Joseph II’s reforms
- Latin America
- Poland
- postcolonialism studies
- rationalist politics and anti-conservatism
- reform and social sciences
- Russian policies
- Spanish bourgeois society
Additional Reading
Ernst Cassirer, The Philosophy of the Enlightenment (1951; originally published in German, 1932); Peter Gay, The Enlightenment: An Interpretation, 2 vol. (1966–69, reprinted 1977, 1995); Jonathan Israel, A Revolution of the Mind: Radical Enlightenment and the Intellectual Origins of Modern Democracy (2010); Dorinda Outram, The Enlightenment, 2nd ed. (2005).
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Brian Duignan
Brian Duignan is a senior editor at Encyclopædia Britannica. His subject areas include philosophy, law, social science, politics, political theory, and religion.
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Article History
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Add new Web site: BBC Sounds - Goethe and the Science of the Enlightenment. | Dec 06, 2024 | ||
Add new Web site: University of Southampton Institutional Repository - Introduction: aspects of Enlightenment. | Oct 28, 2024 | ||
Add new Web site: World History Encyclopedia - The Enlightenment. | Sep 15, 2024 | ||
Add new Web site: OpenStax - U.S. History - Great Awakening and Enlightenment. | Sep 14, 2024 | ||
Add new Web site: Council on Foreign Relations - Education - What is the Enlightenment and How Did it Transform Politics? | Mar 28, 2024 | ||
Add new Web site: Libertarianism.org - Enlightenment. | Feb 12, 2024 | ||
Add new Web site: NSCC Libraries Pressbooks - The Enlightenment. | Nov 16, 2023 | ||
Add new Web site: Columbia University - What is Enlightenment? | Sep 04, 2023 | ||
Add new Web site: Khan Academy - The Enlightenment. | May 15, 2023 | ||
Add new Web site: Physics LibreTexts - Age of Enlightenment. | Apr 03, 2023 | ||
Add new Web site: British Library - The Enlightenment. | Sep 21, 2022 | ||
Add new Web site: Alpha History - The Enlightenment. | Aug 25, 2022 | ||
Article revised and expanded. | Aug 18, 2021 | ||
Deleted video. | Mar 15, 2021 | ||
Corrected display issue. | Sep 10, 2020 | ||
Article revised and updated. | Sep 10, 2019 | ||
Add new Web site: LiveScience - What Was the Enlightenment? | Mar 29, 2019 | ||
Top Questions updated. | Oct 01, 2018 | ||
Corrected display issue. | Jan 17, 2018 | ||
Corrected display issue. | Jun 27, 2017 | ||
Add new Web site: Quatr.us - Enlightenment. | Jul 13, 2016 | ||
Article revised. | Aug 05, 2015 | ||
New bibliography added. | Feb 18, 2015 | ||
Add new Web site: The Literature Network - The Enlightenment. | Nov 04, 2014 | ||
Add new Web site: Philosophy Pages - The Enlightenment. | Nov 04, 2014 | ||
Add new Web site: Philosophy Pages - The Enlightenment. | Nov 04, 2014 | ||
Add new Web site: History.com - Enlightenment. | Nov 04, 2014 | ||
Add new Web site: History.com - Enlightenment. | Nov 04, 2014 | ||
Add new Web site: HistorywithMr.Green.com - The Enlightenment in Europe. | Nov 04, 2014 | ||
Add new Web site: HistorywithMr.Green.com - The Enlightenment in Europe. | Nov 04, 2014 | ||
Add new Web site: Teachers Curriculum Institute - The Enlightenment. | Nov 04, 2014 | ||
Add new Web site: Teachers Curriculum Institute - The Enlightenment. | Nov 04, 2014 | ||
Add new Web site: The Literature Network - The Enlightenment. | Nov 04, 2014 | ||
Add new Web site: UShistory.org - The Impact of Enlightenment in Europe. | Mar 19, 2014 | ||
Add new Web site: UShistory.org - The Impact of Enlightenment in Europe. | Feb 10, 2014 | ||
Add new Web site: International Motorsports Hall of Fame - Juan Manuel Fangio. | Feb 09, 2014 | ||
Add new Web site: UShistory.org - The Impact of Enlightenment in Europe. | Feb 09, 2014 | ||
Add new Web site: Washington State University - The Enlightenment. | Feb 09, 2014 | ||
Add new Web site: Modern Europe for Kids - Enlightenment. | Feb 09, 2014 | ||
Add new Web site: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy - Enlightenment. | Jan 12, 2014 | ||
Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - Enlightenment. | May 15, 2013 | ||
Add new Web site: US history.org - The Impact of Enlightenment in Europe. | May 15, 2013 | ||
Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - What Was the Enlightenment. | May 15, 2013 | ||
Media added. | Apr 26, 2012 | ||
Add new Web site: How Stuff Works - History - Enlightenment. | Jul 12, 2011 | ||
Add new Web site: US history.org - The Impact of Enlightenment in Europe. | Jul 12, 2011 | ||
Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - Enlightenment. | Jul 12, 2011 | ||
Britannica Classic video Voltaire Presents Candide added. | Sep 16, 2009 | ||
Added new Web site: The Canadian Encyclopedia - Bank of Canada. | Nov 05, 2008 | ||
Added new Web site: Richard Hooker - The Enlightenment. | Jun 20, 2007 | ||
Added new Web site: Catholic Encyclopedia - Age of Reason. |
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May 14, 2007 | |
Media added. | Feb 09, 2007 | ||
Cross-references added. | Dec 08, 2006 | ||
Added new Web site: International World History Project - The Age of Enlightenment. | Aug 03, 2006 | ||
Added new Web site: Washington State University - The Enlightenment. | Jun 21, 2006 | ||
Added new Web site: Philosophy Since the Enlightenment. | Jun 16, 2006 | ||
Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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