Understanding the Enlightenment: Challenging Absolute Power and Promoting Reason and Progress

🧠 The Enlightenment was an intellectual and philosophical movement in Europe from the 1600s to the 1700s.

🌍 It was characterized by the rise of reason and the scientific method, challenging religious and political absolutism.

⚖️ Enlightenment thinkers advocated for rights, freedom, liberty, justice, and limited government power.

🔑 The Enlightenment laid the foundation for liberal democratic institutions such as impartial courts and democratically elected governments.

💡 The Enlightenment also introduced radical economic ideas that led to the rise of market economies and increased material prosperity.

🌍 The ideas of the Enlightenment influenced revolutionary movements and government experiments in both the United States and France.

💡 The Enlightenment was a movement in the 18th century that emphasized reason, science, and individualism.

🌍 Enlightenment thinkers believed that society should be based on principles of equality, freedom, and progress.

📚 The Enlightenment had a significant impact on various fields, including politics, philosophy, and science.