Enlightening The Burden Of Ignorance Ii
The Enlightenment or Age of Reason is often appropriately credited with producing great 18th century
thinkers of philosophes (Fr.) and Aufklarers (ger.)., but I contend that the greatest idea or value of the movement is that it changed the status quo of ignorance, which in itself had maintained a choke-hold of Europe for far too long.
The byproducts of the Enlightenment were a scientific revolution, social advancments, and the overall improvement in human conditions, and mass acceptance of Euro-inspired surges toward progress in other intersecting areas such as the humanities and arts. Utopian idealism surfaced amidst new platforms of world rationalism as philosophers, scientists, and artists began to visualize a better world. The freedom of reasoning that had been prevalent of the period provided the impetus to break away from the repression of religion and monarchy. People believed that ignorance and societal problems could be overocme through education, inquiry, and free......
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