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

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

Written and Presented by Sir Kenneth Clark

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

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