Ulrich Ricken

The French Enlightenment (French: les Lumières françaises, lit. '"the French Lights"'), (1715-1789) [1] was the intellectual and cultural movement that flourished in 18th-century France, forming a central part of the Age of Enlightenment (historically known in French as les Lumières, lit. '"the Lights"'). The movement emphasized on reason and skepticism, and philosophers used those methods to apply it to aspects of human life, including politics, religion, and social hierarchies. The movement d…