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History for Grownups
copyright 2007,
David White

The Enlightenment

The Enlightenment was a period of great awakening and self-examination.

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Stars of the Enlightenment Kant Rousseau Voltaire Montesquieu Montaigne Adam Smith David Hume John Locke Diderot Spinoza Thomas Hobbes Edmund Burke Descartes Pascal

Kant: What Is Enlightenment?
The great man answers his own question.

The Age of Enlightenment
Comprehensive, hyperlinked treatment from Wikipedia

Age of the Enlightenment
Another solid treatment

The Enlightenment
Focuses on the varied aspects of the intellectual movement

People of Ideas During the Enlightenment
Vignettes of a large list of important thinkers and doers

The European Enlightenment
Learning module with tons of good information

The Age of Enlightenment
Focuses on the movement in Spain

How the Enlightenment Changed Music
From the good folks at NPR

The Age of Enlightenment in the Paintings of France's National Museums
Some of France's greatest painters chronicled the famous movement.

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