The Enlightenment Rising

he advent of a rational era

The Enlightenment Rising Background

In the 17th century, various changes took place in Europe. First, it is the age requirement of the bourgeois anti-feudal anti-authoritarian system. In the 17th and 18th centuries, the power of the bourgeoisie in Western Europe was growing stronger and stronger, with strong economic power. Britain completed the bourgeois revolution and the power of the king began to be limited. Second, the occurrence of the Enlightenment also has a close relationship with the development of natural science. The content and influence of the Enlightenment greatly surpassed the Renaissance and was the second emancipation of the mind in Europe.

The main content of the Enlightenment

The Enlightenment was an anti-feudal and anti-church ideological-cultural revolution that took place in Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries. It made ideological preparations and publicized propaganda for the bourgeois revolution. Enlightenment center in France. The French leader of the Enlightenment is Voltaire. His thoughts had a tremendous impact on 18th century Europe, even we could say: "The eighteenth century was the century of Voltaire." The Enlightenment took place in Europe in the 18th century, initially in the United Kingdom Compared with other countries, the French Enlightenment has the strongest momentum, the strongest fighting power and the far-reaching influence. It can be regarded as an good example of the Enlightenment Movement in Western European countries.

In essence, it is a movement promoting the bourgeois political and ideological system, and it is not simply a literary movement. It is the continuation and development of the Renaissance bourgeois anti-feudalism, anti-abstinence and anti-church struggle, which laid the ideological foundation directly for the French Revolution of 1789 .

The Enlightenment on all aspects of society, especially on science.

Enlightenment has had a lot of meaningful impact.