Enlightenment and human rights – basic principles
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The Enlightenment was a European intellectual movement of the 17th and 18th centuries that emphasized reason, science and individual freedom. Central ideas were the equality of all people, the separation of church and state, as well as the demand for human rights. Important representatives were, for example, John Locke, Voltaire and Immanuel Kant. The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen in France 1789 was a milestone. The Enlightenment influenced political movements such as the French Revolution and the development of modern democracies.
The Enlightenment demanded that all people possess equal rights, that reason and science serve as the basis for knowledge, and that state power be limited by laws and citizens' rights.
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What goal did the Enlightenment pursue with regard to society?
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