The Enlightenment Project
Rene Du Perron Descartes
Angel Cabrera Salinas
Period 7
Grade 9
The Enlightenment - or Age of Reason, was a cultural movement of intellectuals in the 17th and 18th centuries which began first in Europe. Its purpose was to reform society using reason, challenge ideas grounded in tradition and faith, and advance knowledge through the scientific method. It promoted science, skepticism and intellectual interchange and opposed superstition, intolerance and some abuses by church and state.