what were the basic tenets of the enlightenment?

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what were the basic tenets of the enlightenment?

2007-09-14 05:07:34 · 2 answers · asked by sharnette15 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History

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The Enlightenment was a revival of philosophical thought in which principles of learning, which had previously been taken for granted, were questioned and often discarded, to be replaced by scientific methods and innovative attitudes.

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2007-09-17 06:17:56 · answer #1 · answered by Retired 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

The enlightenment period referred to a societal shift towards science and reason. The belief that the natural world was ordered allowed for the discovery of ...

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2007-09-14 12:32:47 · answer #2 · answered by Frosty 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋