The Age of Enlightenment The Age of Enlightenment started in the 18th century and gave people a chance to find reason and truth on their own, without the guidance from others. ... The philosophers of the time focused on reason and truth. ... Both of these eras opened the door for the philosophes during the Age of Enlightenment. ... He said it was the worst of all religions. ... John Wesley started a famous movement during the enlightenment. ...

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The focus of thought for most philosophers during the Enlightenment focused on humanity and change: both the ability to change as well as the need for people to do so. ... The philosophers taught people that criminals must be rehabilitated and pay their debt to society. ... Deism, another form of Enlightenment religion is based on two main ideas: religion should be reasonable, and the knowledge of the natural and human world has nothing to do with religion. ... Most of all, the attitude towards religion in general was an acceptance of all religions. The freedom of religion was an important con...

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During the Enlightenment, Rene Descartes introduced reductionism as the one of the most powerful instruments of science. ... The Enlightenment sought to give people free thought and cast away the boundaries set forth by religion and civil authority. Philosophers such as Descartes, Francis Bacon and Marquis de Condorcet stressed knowledge and unifying that knowledge. ... Culture is "the total way of life of a discrete society "its religion, myths, art, technology, sports and all other systematic knowledge transmitted across generations- (142). ...

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The influential figureheads of the Enlightenment period are cast over vastly different areas of expertise. ... These included the arts, religion, and science. ... Roadblocks and doubters aside, brave actions throughout many other great philosophers, such as Martin Luther who, like Galileo, was harshly punished for their "treason" against the church. ... Martin Luther's opinions transcended into a new religion and split the most dominant religion in Europe. ... That feat alone, aside from the mathematical, astronomical, and scientific laws established, was the greatest factor in the overa...

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