The Age of Reason

Type: Concept

As of November 2026, The Age of Reason has been mentioned in one podcast episode on Dan Carlin (Nov 2021). Mentioned in passing as a period following the Middle Ages.

The Age of Enlightenment, also known as the Age of Reason or simply the Enlightenment, was a period of intellectual and cultural flourishing in Europe and Western civilization, emerging in the late 17th century in Western and Central Europe. It reached its peak in the 18th century as its ideas spread more widely across Europe and into the European colonies in the Americas and Oceania. Characterized by an emphasis on reason, empirical evidence, and the scientific method, the Enlightenment promote