The term "Enlightenment," rooted in an intellectual skepticism to traditional beliefs and dogmas, denotes an "illumined" contrast to the supposed dark and superstitious character of the Middle Ages.

Without rejecting established architectural tradition, the Adam brothers were modernists, free from dogmatic adherence to a particular style.Architecture has tended to be left out of the ...

(Bridgeman Images) The advance of liberalism sparked ferocious opposition ... This is when the Endarkenment starts—an age without faith or reason. In the digital labyrinth, the Enlightenment played ...

This approach is the result of his intellectual background, claims the historian. “He shared the idea commonly held during the Age of Enlightenment, that the enlightened, the scholars knew what was ...

This book tells the story of how the monarchy aimed at creating a new capital city in a remote and forgotten area of the empire. It also shows how the local Creole bourgeoisie rapidly assumed the role ...

We now associate these thinkers with the Age of Enlightenment, a period of history that led to the French Revolution and the American War of Independence. Video by Izabela Cardoso & Fernando ...

Songs of Silence has an official release date, as the 4x strategy title will leave Early Access next week for both PC and consoles ...

In this age of transhumanist temptation, Frankenstein is as relevant as the inflatable ogre billowing in the front yard.

Charles Taylor’s big-hearted, misshapen book on philosophy, poetry, and our never-ending quest to heal the wound of modern ...

Gabrielle Émilie le Tonnelier-de-Breteuil, known as the Marquise du Châtelet after her marriage at age 18, was a brilliant philosopher in the French Enlightenment, whose reputation has too long ...

Siddhartha was born on the border between India and Nepal. He was born into a privileged family, who were considered a ruling family. Birth - Buddhist teachings say that his mother, Queen Maya ...

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