What is the core idea of the Enlightenment?

The Enlightenment refers to an anti-feudal and anti-church ideological and cultural movement of the bourgeoisie and the people in the17-18th century. It is another anti-feudal ideological emancipation movement after the Renaissance. The core idea of the Enlightenment is rationalism, which is the further development of bourgeois ideology under the new historical conditions.

It not only demands the liberation of human beings and humanity, but also strongly criticizes the feudal autocracy and its spiritual pillar, the Catholic Church, depicts the blueprint of the future "rational kingdom", demands the transformation of society according to the wishes of the bourgeoisie, and provides ideological and theoretical preparations for the bourgeoisie to gain a dominant position.

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1, with clear objectives

The orientation of enlightenment thinkers is very clear, that is, opposing kingship, theocracy and privilege, trying to change the old system and establish a new system.

Although there are differences and arguments among enlightenment thinkers, they always take the same action as long as it involves feudal autocratic rule and reactionary religious forces. Every enlightenment scholar actively advocates "rationality" and science according to their respective research fields, and always focuses on autocratic dynasties and Catholic churches.

It is emphasized that only science can make people understand nature correctly and get rid of religious superstitions, thus enhancing human welfare and realizing a beautiful, free, equal and democratic new society.

Step 2 agree

The guiding ideology of enlightenment thinkers basically has the same philosophical theory, namely skepticism, deism and atheism.

Skepticism became the ideological forerunner in the preparatory stage of the Enlightenment, deism became the symbol of thinkers in the development stage of the Enlightenment, and atheism pushed the Enlightenment to a higher mature stage. It is under the guidance of this philosophical thought that the Enlightenment is enduring and has strong vitality, and the philosophical revolution has become the forerunner of the political revolution, and the Enlightenment has a clear program of action.

Step 3 act decisively

Enlightenment thinkers face up to reality, think seriously, connect with the masses, and are not afraid of violence.

They went deep into the society, observed carefully, thought independently about the drawbacks of feudal society and launched ruthless attacks, put forward the blueprint of an ideal society and made unremitting efforts for it.

They take the people as their duty, and they take it as their duty to publicize the masses and enlighten their wisdom. In order to make the masses change old ideas and accept new ideas, they not only publish specialized academic theoretical works, but also publish popular popular books, and also use novels, plays, poems and other literary and artistic works to let more lower-class people know new ideas.

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