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The Age of Enlightenment (also the Age of Reason and the Enlightenment) was an intellectual and philosophical movement taking place in Europe from the late 17th century to the early 19th century.
The History of Education in Europe (1974) Cremin, Lawrence A. American Education: The Colonial Experience, 1607–1783 (1970) Cubberley, Ellwood Patterson. The History of Education: Educational Practice and Progress Considered as a Phase of the Development and Spread of Western Civilization (1920) online Archived 2012-11-24 at the Wayback Machine
The Age of Enlightenment, spanning the 17th and 18th centuries, marked a shift in the history of education, as intellectual currents of the time emphasized reason, science, and secularism. This period saw the gradual decline of religious control over educational institutions and the rise of secular education systems that prioritized empirical ...
The history of philosophy is the field of inquiry that studies the historical development of philosophical thought. It aims to provide a systematic and chronological exposition of philosophical concepts and doctrines, as well as the philosophers who conceived them and the schools of thought to which they belong.
A History of Philosophy: Volume VIII, Modern Philosophy: Empiricism, Idealism, and Pragmatism in Britain and America. ISBN 0-385-47045-2. Copleston, Frederick. A History of Philosophy: Volume IX, Modern Philosophy: From the French Revolution to Sartre, Camus, and Levi-Strauss. ISBN 0-385-47046-0.
Allan, David, Virtue, Learning and the Scottish Enlightenment: Ideas of Scholarship in Early Modern History, Edinburgh University Press, 1993, ISBN 978-0-7486-0438-8. Amrozowicz, Michael C. " Scottish Enlightenment Histories of Social Organization" Studies in Eighteenth-Century Culture Vol. 48, 2019 pp. 161–186 10.1353/sec.2019.0011
Political philosopher, educational reformer, composer; Encyclopédist who influenced many Enlightenment figures but did not himself believe in the primacy of reason and was a forerunner of Romanticism. Giovanni Salvemini: 1708-1791: Italian: Mathematician and astronomer. Friedrich Schiller: 1759–1805: German: Philosopher, poet, and playwright ...
This category groups topics regarding the Age of Enlightenment, as well as: Factors which figured in the political developments of the late 18th century and early 19th century, including the American Revolution and French Revolution .