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Describe the main ideas of the European Enlightenment?
Enlightenment as a term took into use germans philosopher Immanuel Kant in
one of his articles,in 1784,but enlightenment as a way of thinking was
established even earlier.The Enlightenment was a period after the Renaissance
where philosophers and scientists began to question previous ideas, which
explains the motto of the enlightenment, "Dare to know", created by Kant.With
this kind of terminology,enlighteners wanted to express human race exit from the
mental blindness.Maiden enlightenment philosophers lived on the 17th century,its
glory continued till the 19th century.The powerful Enlightenment ideas of the
eighteenth century, concerning reason and natural law, spread widely throughout
Europe and its colonies and gave hope to many people for future progress and
reform.
Sience development was the main reasons and it gave the push to
enlightenment.It put hesitate in old belives a...