tags: #publish links: [[Philosophy]] created: 2020-09-16 Wed --- # The Enlightenment The **Age of Enlightenment** (the **Age of Reason** or simply **the Enlightenment**) was a intellectual and philosophical movement. Dominated the world of ideas in Europe during C17-C18. Reductionist. Scientific method. Considered the primary source of knowledge to be: **sovreignty of reason**, and **evidence of the senses** (empiricism). Liberty, progress, toleration, fraternity, constitutional government, separation of church and state. ## Figures Voltaire