Explanation: The Enlightenment which is also known as Age of Enlightenment was an intellectual and philosophical movement that dominated the world of ideas in Europe during the 17th to 19th century.
Isaac Newton's "Principia Mathematica" (1687) was considered as the first major publication on enlightenment work.
It led to scientific evolution and allows artists to become more interested in scientific reasoning (looking at things based on empirical observation rather than spirituality). It revolutionized observing human institutions and as well as nature rationally; science overthrowned religion and traditional authority.
Some of the important figures that stemmed out of The Enlightenment include; Denis Diderot, François-Marie Arouet and Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
