In the Enlightenment period, there were different views concerning life and religion. ... Jackson Spielvogel quoted the German philosopher Immanuel Kant when he proclaimed, "Dare to know, have the courage to use your intelligence!" ... Economics was one of the major changes that took place from the pre- Enlightenment period to the Enlightenment period. ... It played a leading role in the Enlightenment discourse and process of thinking. ... The Enlightenment brought about many things that are still present and used today. ...

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The classical period in music tends to be associated with the movement called the Age of Reason or the Enlightenment, which began earlier in the eighteenth century. ... The philosophies of the Enlightenment naturally affected artists, the arts, and their influence on the popular culture. The influence of the Enlightenment on classical music may be seen as a notable decline of religious compositions accompanied by a sharp rise in secular music written specifically for middle-class audiences rather than the nobility. This trend was promoted by philosophers who believed that art and music shou...

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Absolutism seemed, to political philosophers like Hobbes and Bodin, the only workable solution to the religious divisions that exposed people to such anarchy as to render everyday human life impossible. ... Enlightened despots/enlightened absolutists: rulers who claimed to use their power to improve the lives of their subjects by employing the ideas of Enlightenment thinkers. ... Although she often spoke in terms of the French philosophers who saw the enserfment of fellow humans as a blot on civilization, Catherine took no effective action to end serfdom or soften its rigors. ...

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Jacob mentions that the natural philosophers "looked forward to the progressive purification of religion and a moral reformation to which science was seen as being crucial."" ... In Mesmerism and the End of the Enlightenment in France, Mercier asserts that "love of the marvelous always conquers us, because, sensing confusedly how little we know of the forces of nature, we ecstatically welcome anything that leads us to discoveries about them.""8 This excerpt depicts the populace as a body that will follow anything that seems even somewhat plausible. ...

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