WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Central to Enlightenment thought were the use and celebration of reason, the power by which humans understand the universe and improve their own condition. The goals of rational humanity were considered to be knowledge, freedom, and happiness.

Detailed explanation-2: -Enlightenment thinkers believed that rational reasoning could apply to all forms of human activity. Their writing can be “broadly understood to stand for the claim that all individuals have the right to share their own ends for themselves rather than let others do it for them” (Pagden, 2013, p. x).

Detailed explanation-3: -Overview. The Enlightenment was an intellectual movement in the eighteenth century that emphasized reason and science.