ENLIGHTENMENT
A European intellectual movement of the 17th and 18th centuries that saw
the rise of science as a means to answer day-to-day questions (instead of
relying on tradition and authority structures such as the government or
church). Key figures included Rene Descartes, John Locke, and Isaac
Newton. The Enlightenment later inspired democratic revolutions, such as
the American Revolution.
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