In the eighteenth century in France Britain and Germany a general

intellectual move towards greater reliance on the human sciences and their

relevance to the boundaries of existing knowledge began.

This movement was referred to as "The Enlightenment". As the name

suggests the movement set out to shed a greater on humanity, human nature

and the nature of existence. A great desire was shared to determine the

extent of our knowledge of the world and for ways to gain a greater

This movement relied on a mass rejection of tradition and already called for

the removal of all established conceptions and prejudices commonly held.

The Catholic Church, and indeed all religions came under heavy scrutiny

and rejection due to their all pervasive grip on all matters educational,

scientific and philosophical. Religious morals and guidelines also came to be

Science, logic and rationalism became the principal tools of philosophy in

this era as was evidenced by the new methods employed in argument,

belief that the monarch was God's voice on earth and ruled by divine right.

became identified with nature in certain dissertations. It was held that the

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