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What does Age of Enlightenment mean?

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  1. (historical) A period of time ranging from part of the 17th century through much of the 18th century, characterized particularly by the importance of logic and reason.
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Member of the learned society and a scientist during the Age of Enlightenment, he was the commander on board the first hot-air balloon flight, in the company of the Marquis of Arlandes.
During the Age of Enlightenment of the 17th and 18th centuries, many critical thinkers saw religion as antithetical to reason.
It does not suffice to say that eleven other European countries are doing it: historically, France is the only Western country founded solely on the philosophical values and principles inherited from the Age of Enlightenment.
The Napoleonic civil code is seen in Latin America as the symbol of Revolution, as the key product of the Age of Enlightenment.
The Age of Enlightenment turned into an era of political ferment marked by revolutions in France, Germany, and Italy and the rise of abolitionism.
During the Age of Enlightenment, the modern development of historiography through the application of scrupulous methods began.

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