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The influence of the Enlightenment

For the first time, I made full mental preparations for the upcoming French Revolution.

Secondly, the spread of enlightenment theory in Europe and America promoted the bourgeois revolution in Europe and America.

Third, it inspired people with lofty ideals in Asia to fight for the transformation of the old society.

Enlightenment (French: Siècle des Lumières, English: The Enlightenment, German: die Aufkl? Rung), usually refers to an era in which new ideas are constantly emerging from the French Revolution in17th century to18th century, and together with rationalism, it constitutes a long-term cultural movement. The Enlightenment in this period covered natural science, philosophy, ethics, politics, economy, history, literature, education and other fields of knowledge. The Enlightenment provided a framework for the American War of Independence and the French Revolution, and led to the rise of capitalism and socialism.

Enlightenment is to enlighten and inspire people's anti-feudal consciousness, bring light and hope to people who are still in the dark, oppose obscurantism, absolutism and religious superstition, break old traditional concepts and spread new ideas and concepts.