"The Enlightenment" The period of the Enlightenment is dated to the middle of the eighteenth century and is primarily about the changes in the worldview of European culture. The term “Enlightenment” refers to a series of changes in European thought and writings. When writers, philosophers, and scientists of the eighteenth century referred to their activities as the “Enlightenment,” they meant that they were breaking from the past and replacing the obscurity, darkness, and ignorance of …showed first 75 words of 648 total…

…showed last 75 words of 648 total…as well as the absolutism of England on America, the new way of thinking during the enlightenment gave birth to ideas of self-rule and being able to choose how one is ruled or governed. Many of these ideas are the backbone of culture today. Men, women, different races, and creeds are having more equal opportunities as time passes. The Enlightenment served as a stepping-stone in the greater evolution of humanity’s quest toward bettering themselves.