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Hace 2 días · In Italy the main centers of diffusion of the Enlightenment were Naples and Milan: in both cities the intellectuals took public office and collaborated with the Bourbon and Habsburg administrations. In Naples, Antonio Genovesi , Ferdinando Galiani , and Gaetano Filangieri were active under the tolerant King Charles of Bourbon.
Hace 3 días · Immanuel Kant (1724-1804), a German philosopher who defined the Enlightenment as "the liberation from self-imposed immaturity" and argued that reason was the foundation of morality and knowledge. Kant‘s "Critique of Pure Reason" (1781) and other works had a lasting impact on Western philosophy and the development of modern ethics.
Hace 4 días · The Enlightenment may be long past, but its spirit of reasoned inquiry, individual liberty, and hope in human progress remains an inspiration for us all. As we face the challenges of our own time, let us draw courage from these bold thinkers who dared to imagine a better world.
Hace 3 días · He was a key figure in the European intellectual movement known as the Enlightenment. Voltaire was quite controversial in his day, in no small part because of the critical nature of his work. His books and pamphlets contained scores of assaults on church authority and clerical power.
- Voltaire was a versatile and prolific writer. In his lifetime he published numerous works, including books, plays, poems, and polemics. His most fa...
- Voltaire believed above all in the efficacy of reason. He believed social progress could be achieved through reason and that no authority—religious...
- Voltaire dominated the discourse of his era. In his writing, he left virtually no subject untouched. Voltaire wrote on subjects as distinct as meta...
Hace 5 días · Renaissance, period in European civilization immediately following the Middle Ages and conventionally held to have been characterized by a surge of interest in Classical scholarship and values.
Hace 2 días · Early 17th-century philosophy is often called the Age of Rationalism and is considered to succeed Renaissance philosophy and precede the Age of Enlightenment, but some consider it as the earliest part of the Enlightenment era in philosophy, extending that era to two centuries.
Hace 4 días · All forms of Buddhism celebrate various events in the life of the Buddha Gautama, including his birth, enlightenment, and passage into nirvana. In some countries the three events are observed on the same day, which is called Wesak in Southeast Asia.
