Characteristics of the Age of Elightenment
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You can chose from the following characteristics that define the Age of Enlightenment:
1) Recognition of human condition
2) Need for reform
3) Political changes
4) Optimism and a great thirst for learning, for finding truth by examination and observation - this period is often referred to as the Age of Reason. The faith in reason became the driving force behind many reforms. The intellectuals of this era took the motto that was proposed by a German philosopher by the ...
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