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Historian, best known for his Antique History of Mexico. Étienne Bonnot de Condillac: 1714–1780: French: Philosopher. Marquis de Condorcet: 1743–1794: French: Philosopher, mathematician, and early political scientist who devised the concept of a Condorcet method. Anne Conway: 1631-1679: English
Scientists who lived and worked in the Age of Enlightenment, and were forebearers of the values of that period. Pages in category "Enlightenment scientists" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total.
During the Enlightenment, women also began producing popular scientific works themselves. Sarah Trimmer wrote a successful natural history textbook for children entitled The Easy Introduction to the Knowledge of Nature (1782), which was published for many years after in eleven editions. [66]
One of the primary elements of the culture of the Enlightenment was the rise of the public sphere, a "realm of communication marked by new arenas of debate, more open and accessible forms of urban public space and sociability, and an explosion of print culture," in the late 17th century and 18th century. [173]
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This category groups topics regarding the Age of Enlightenment, as well as: Factors which figured in the political developments of the late 18th century and early 19th century, including the American Revolution and French Revolution .
The Age of Discovery, also known as the Age of Exploration, was a period in history starting in the early 15th century and continuing into the early 17th century during which Europeans engaged in intensive exploration of the world, establishing direct contacts with Africa, the Americas, Asia and Oceania and mapping the planet. Scientific ...
Spinoza's thought was based on a model of the universe where God and Nature are one and the same. This became an anchor in the Age of Enlightenment, [4] held across the ages from Newton's time to that of Thomas Jefferson's (1743–1826). A notable change was the emergence of a naturalist philosophy, spreading