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18th Century European Enlightenment
Date Submitted: 07/30/2003 11:49:18
18th Century European Enlightenment
The Enlightenment is a name given by historians to an
intellectual movement that was predominant in the Western world during
the 18th century. Strongly influenced by the rise of modern science
and by the aftermath of the long religious conflict that followed
the Reformation, the thinkers of the Enlightenment (called philosophes
in France) were committed to secular views based on reason or human
understanding only, which they hoped would provide a
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growth of a
new wealthy educated class of businessmen, products of the industrial
revolution. Only in North and South America, where industry came
later and revolution had not led to reaction, did the Enlightenment
linger into the 19th century. Its lasting heritage has been its
contribution to the literature of human freedom and some institutions
in which its values have been embodied. Included in the latter are
many facets of modern government, education, and philanthropy.
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