Enlightenment

The Enlightenment (계몽주의, 啓蒙主義) is a kind of intellectual movement that sought to overcome social ignorance and reform reality through reason.

First advocated in Europe in the late 17th century and spreading in the 18th century, it developed into an epochal movement in which numerous scholars took part, including Isaac Newton, Baruch Spinoza, David Hume, John Locke, Edward Gibbon, Voltaire, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Denis Diderot, Immanuel Kant, and others.

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Topics: Philosophy,Ideology
Category: Wiki/Term