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NNADVOKAT [17]
3 years ago
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Definition of the enlightenment

Social Studies
1 answer:
makkiz [27]3 years ago
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A European intellectual movement of the late 17th and 18th centuries emphasizing reason and individualism rather than tradition. It was heavily influenced by 17th-century philosophers such as Descartes, Locke, and Newton, and its prominent exponents include Kant, Goethe, Voltaire, Rousseau, and Adam Smith.
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