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Definition of age of enlightenment

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According to Wikipedia,

the Age of Enlightenment, or simply the Enlightenment, was an intellectual and philosophical movement that dominated Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries with global influences and effects.

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According to the British Library,

The great Age of Reason is also defined as the period of rigorous scientific, political and philosophical discourse that characterized European society during the 'long' 18th century: from the late 17th century to the end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815.

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