the Enlightenment

noun

: a movement of the 18th century that stressed the belief that science and logic give people more knowledge and understanding than tradition and religion

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Abraham-Louis Breguet was, in a way, to the Enlightenment what Steve Jobs was to the Information Age. —

Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 1 Nov. 2024 Read More: The Witch Trials That America Forgot The partisans of both the Enlightenment and Evangelicalism, with otherwise little in common, might share a blanching at that description of the occult project. —

Ed Simon, TIME, 31 Oct. 2024 During the Enlightenment, reason was widely considered a better guiding force than the senses or the emotions. —

Shayla Love, The Atlantic, 25 Oct. 2024 Like the clockwork deity of the Enlightenment, Satoshi set everything in motion only to step aside. —

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