Risultati di ricerca
Learn about the 18th century, a period of Enlightenment, revolutions, colonialism, and industrialization. Explore the major events, inventions, discoveries, and achievements in Europe, America, Asia, Africa, and Oceania.
- Timeline of The 18th Century
This is a timeline of the 18th century . 1700s. John...
- 18th century in literature
The 18th century in Europe was the Age of Enlightenment, and...
- Category:18th century
Subcategories. This category has the following 58...
- Timeline of The 18th Century
Il XVIII secolo, detto anche Settecento o '700, è il secolo che inizia nell'anno 1701 e termina nell'anno 1800 incluso.
28 mar 2024 · Enlightenment, a European intellectual movement of the 17th and 18th centuries that emphasized the use of reason to advance understanding of the universe and to improve the human condition. The goals of the Enlightenment were knowledge, freedom, and happiness.
- Historians place the Enlightenment in Europe (with a strong emphasis on France) during the late 17th and the 18th centuries, or, more comprehensive...
- The roots of the Enlightenment can be found in the humanism of the Renaissance, with its emphasis on the study of Classical literature. The Protest...
- Some of the most important writers of the Enlightenment were the Philosophes of France, especially Voltaire and the political philosopher Montesqui...
- It was thought during the Enlightenment that human reasoning could discover truths about the world, religion, and politics and could be used to imp...
- The French Revolution and the American Revolution were almost direct results of Enlightenment thinking. The idea that society is a social contract...
The 19th century was an era of rapidly accelerating scientific discovery and invention, with significant developments in the fields of mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, electricity, and metallurgy that laid the groundwork for the technological advances of the 20th century.
