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| Period of European intellectual thought defined by an emphasis on rationalism |
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| Belief that actions should be based on reason and logic, not religion or emotion |
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| Search for natural laws through experimentation and observation |
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| Search for solutions to political, economic, and social problems through rationality |
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| Social gathering where writers, artists, and philosophers shared ideas |
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| Rights that belong to everyone because they are human, not because governments give them |
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| approx. 1400-1750; period where European states formalize, economies globalize, societies stratify, and culture diversifies |
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| favoring progress or reform; advocating tolerance, individual freedom, and education |
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| favoring traditional values, or: tending to oppose change, support the status quo (the current situation) |
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