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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Paine, the author of the most widely read political essays of the 18th century, "Rights of Man," "The Age of Reason" and "Common Sense," blasted the monarchy as a con.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2022
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
They imagine it as a scene straight from the Age of Reason, a time when rationality and virtue ruled the day.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 5, 2016
This was a time when science was displacing superstition, the dawn of the Age of Reason.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2014
Volney's "Ruins" and Paine's "Age of Reason" passed from hand to hand, and furnished food for the evening's discussion in the tavern and village store.
From Abraham Lincoln, Volume 2 (of 2) The True Story of a Great Life by Herndon, William H.
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