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The '''Enlightenment''' was a philosophical movement in the 1700s characterized by [[rationalism]], or "any view appealing to reason as a source of knowledge or justification". This view often rejected traditional social, political and religious views.
The '''Enlightenment''' was a philosophical movement in the 1700s characterized by [[rationalism]], or "any view appealing to reason as a source of knowledge or justification". This view often rejected traditional social, political and religious views. Its inspiration was that God was not the solution for everything, and that some things were controlled by science, not divinity.
Writers during the Enlightenment assumed that science, beginning in the late 1600s with [[Isaac Newton]], could be duplicated in other fields through a systematic and logical approach. Some of the "enlightened" authors of the period even rejected and criticized Christianity. Many were [[deists]]. Enlightenment philosophy took root in England, France and the American colonies, where it provided the intellectual foundations of the [[American Revolution]].
Writers during the Enlightenment assumed that science, beginning in the late 1600s with [[Isaac Newton]], could be duplicated in other fields through a systematic and logical approach. Some of the "enlightened" authors of the period even rejected and criticized Christianity. Many were [[deists]]. Enlightenment philosophy took root in England, France and the American colonies, where it provided the intellectual foundations of the [[American Revolution]].
How Monotheism Led to Reformations, Science, Witch-hunts and the End of Slavery", Princeton University Press, 2003, p.123, quoted in Williams, Alex, [http://www.creationontheweb.com/images/pdfs/tj/j18_2/j18_2_49-52.pdf The biblical origins of science], ''Journal of Creation'' 18(2):50, 2004.</ref>
How Monotheism Led to Reformations, Science, Witch-hunts and the End of Slavery", Princeton University Press, 2003, p.123, quoted in Williams, Alex, [http://www.creationontheweb.com/images/pdfs/tj/j18_2/j18_2_49-52.pdf The biblical origins of science], ''Journal of Creation'' 18(2):50, 2004.</ref>
The main proponents in the American colonies were Benjamin Franklin and John Locke. From the Enlightenment we derive our natural rights: life, liberty, and property, and that the government shall protect these rights. Another concept of the Enlightenment was government by agreement, a practice similar to majority rule.
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[[category:European History]]
[[category:European History]]