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The Enlightenment: Home

Learn about the Eurpoean intellectual movement of the late 17th and 18th centuries that stressed reason and individualism over tradition

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From the Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 2nd Edition

From Europe, 1450-1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World

From Literary Movements for Students

From the New Catholic Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition

From the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

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On the Enlightenment and 18th Century Philosophy

On Specific Topics

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How do you find full text?

"The Smile of Reason," Episode 10 of Civilisation (BBC)

Written and Presented by Sir Kenneth Clark

image turned into a button that connects on to the YouTube video The Smile of Reason from the TV series Civilisation

Listen to episodes of this excellent BBC Radio 4 program, In Our Time

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