Talk:The Enlightenment

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)

title--drop "the"

I think CZ practice is to drop "the" from article titles and call this "Enlightenment? Any objections? Richard Jensen 03:00, 17 March 2008 (CDT)

I just went to move it and there is already an article on Enlightenment (The religious kind) So a disambig page is probably the answer. Denis Cavanagh 07:00, 23 March 2008 (CDT)