Age of Enlightenment

Intellectual movement emphasizing reason, individualism, skepticism, and scientific method.

Core Principles & Analysis

• Thinkers like Locke, Voltaire, Rousseau, and Kant championed reason over tradition.
• Diderot's Encyclopedie (1751-1772) spread secular knowledge across Europe.
• Its doctrine of natural rights inspired the American and French Revolutions.

Specifications & Metrics

• ERA: 17th – 18th Century