The Enlightenment: “Modern” Western civilization began during what is termed “the long 18th century” (1685–1815) sometimes called “The Age of Reason,” but better known as “The Enlightenment” because of its centuries-long evolution and final intellectual emergence from Europe’s Medieval Catholic-Church-dominated “Dark Age.”
That era’s focus on pro-reality, pro-individual, pro-reason, pro-liberty ideas not only rejected religious (and eventually monarchical) supreme authority but also produced colossal life-altering scientific and societal advancements at a quality and speed never before experienced in human history and remained dominant (at least in developed countries) until its slow deterioration began during the last century.
Results of those liberating Enlightement ideas?
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