Age of Reason
Americannoun
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any period in history, especially the 18th century in France, England, etc., characterized by a critical approach to religious, social, and philosophical matters that seeks to repudiate beliefs or systems not based on or justifiable by reason.
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age of reason, the age at which a person is considered capable of distinguishing between right and wrong.
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On each side of the capstone, engraved in four ancient languages - Babylonian cuneiform, Classical Greek, Sanskrit and Egyptian hieroglyphic - were the words: "Let these be guidestones to an Age of Reason."
From BBC • Jul. 7, 2022
This was the true beginning of the science revolution and the Age of Reason.
From Washington Post • Oct. 14, 2021
While Newton and Locke were ushering in an Age of Reason in Europe, over in America unreason was taking new seductive forms.
From New York Times • Sep. 5, 2017
Oglethorpe’s vision for Georgia followed the ideals of the Age of Reason, seeing it as a place for England’s “worthy poor” to start anew.
From Textbooks • Dec. 30, 2014
It was also the year of two works of enormous influence over thought, Paley’s Evidences and Paine’s Age of Reason.
From Against War by Erasmus, Desiderius
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