In this so called Age of Enlightenment, many people shared the idea of that time being a period of change where others looked as it as a time where traditions and values were being thrown down the drain. I find it interesting how this kind of parallel’s with the 21st …show more content…
It is always interesting to find things in earlier history that fit so well to our time period now. The enlightenment first started as a common idea that the people were living in a very exciting place in history. Also, during this Enlightenment people used it as sort of an escape from ideals and essentially the Catholic Church. This gave individuals the freedom to think and do things for themselves without consulting the church about it. Even though most of the Enlightenment was taking place in Europe other places like France would essentially come up with many new Enlightenment ventures. One of the best known philosophers from this time was