Talk:The Enlightenment

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 Definition:  An 18th-century movement in Western philosophy and intellectual life generally, that emphasized the power or reason and science to understand and reform the world. [d] [e]
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A contradiction

"The Enlightenment was an 18th-century movement in Western philosophy and intellectual life generally, especially in the sciences. Some classifications also include 17th-century philosophy, usually called the Age of Reason."

"The term can more narrowly refer to the intellectual movement of The Enlightenment,"

The first sentence says it was a movement "generally". Then the second line says that it was "more narrowly" the intellectual movement.

Which is it? It can't be both.... Hayford Peirce 23:25, 26 December 2007 (CST)

Spinoza

Lately I have been reading that Baruch Spinoza was one of the early "enlightners". I don't know enough about him or the enlightment to have a personal opinion. Is he worth mentioning?--Paul Wormer 09:30, 27 December 2007 (CST)

he died so early (1677) that he is considered one of the precursors. Richard Jensen 09:34, 27 December 2007 (CST)
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