The European intellectual and cultural movement of the 17th and 18th centuries that promoted reason, humanism, and science over feudal tradition and religious authority

The Enlightenment; the intellectual and philosophical movement of the 17th and 18th centuries in Europe.

The philosophical movement that dominated intellectual thought in 17th and 18th century Europe, characterized by an emphasis on reason, freedom, and the rejection of tradition.

The 17th and 18th century European intellectual movement that emphasized reason and individual liberty