The Enlightenment was a term used to denote a turn away from the theologically centered thought inherited from the "dark ages" towards a broader, more rational self-understanding (Europe and the Enlightenment 2). The Enlightenment Era, which started at the end of the seventeenth century and ended at the end of the eighteenth century, was the age that brought focus on many of the revolutionary ideas that we are living through at this moment or have lived …showed first 75 words of 871 total…

…showed last 75 words of 871 total…In other words, these intellectuals substituted a good society of men on Earth for the kingdom of God in heaven. Clearly, the Enlightenment Era was an age where the intellectual thoughts of the people in Europe were at an all time high. These intellecuals' views had a great effect on their surroundings, especially religion. The thoughts of these scientific philosophers had attacked religion so hard, that the attacks had almost banished the religion of Christianity.