British Enlightenment

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The British Enlightenment was an intellectual movement in 17th- and 18th-century Britain characterized by empiricism, political liberalism, and scientific progress, associated with thinkers such as John Locke, David Hume, and Adam Smith.

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Generate an image of the British Enlightenment (The British Enlightenment was an intellectual movement in 17th- and 18th-century Britain characterized by empiricism, political liberalism, and scientific progress, associated with thinkers such as John Locke, David Hume, and Adam Smith.)

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British Enlightenment canonical 13
Enlightenment 7
English Enlightenment 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical period ⓘ
intellectual movement ⓘ
associatedWith Adam Smith ⓘ
David Hartley ⓘ
David Hume ⓘ
Edmund Burke ⓘ
Francis Bacon ⓘ
George Berkeley ⓘ
Isaac Newton ⓘ
James Mill ⓘ
Jeremy Bentham ⓘ
John Locke ⓘ
John Stuart Mill ⓘ
Joseph Priestley ⓘ
Thomas Hobbes ⓘ
coreIdea associationist psychology ⓘ
experimental method in science ⓘ
free trade ⓘ
freedom of the press ⓘ
laissez-faire economics ⓘ
moral sense theory ⓘ
natural rights ⓘ
parliamentary sovereignty ⓘ
religious toleration ⓘ
separation of powers ⓘ
social contract theory ⓘ
country England ⓘ
Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
hasCharacteristic commercial society theory ⓘ
constitutionalism ⓘ
emphasis on experience ⓘ
emphasis on reason ⓘ
empiricism ⓘ
individual rights ⓘ
political liberalism ⓘ
religious toleration ⓘ
scientific progress ⓘ
skepticism about authority ⓘ
influenced American Enlightenment ⓘ
Scottish Enlightenment ⓘ
classical economics ⓘ
liberalism ⓘ
modern constitutional democracy ⓘ
modern empiricism ⓘ
utilitarianism ⓘ
influencedBy English Civil War ⓘ
Glorious Revolution ⓘ
Newtonian physics ⓘ
linked to: Newtonian mechanics

Reformation ⓘ
Scientific Revolution ⓘ
language English ⓘ
movementDomain economics ⓘ
education ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ
political theory ⓘ
religion ⓘ
science ⓘ
notableWork A Treatise of Human Nature ⓘ
An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding ⓘ
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding ⓘ
An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation ⓘ
Principia Mathematica ⓘ
The Theory of Moral Sentiments ⓘ
The Wealth of Nations ⓘ
Two Treatises of Government ⓘ
overlapsWith Age of Reason ⓘ
partOf European Enlightenment ⓘ
temporalLocation 17th century ⓘ
18th century ⓘ

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American Enlightenment → influencedBy → British Enlightenment ⓘ
Deutsche Aufklärung → influencedBy → British Enlightenment ⓘ
French Enlightenment → influencedBy → English Enlightenment ⓘ
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Economic Sentiments: Adam Smith, Condorcet, and the Enlightenment → mainSubject → Enlightenment ⓘ
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Andrew Millar → era → Enlightenment ⓘ
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Midlands Enlightenment → relatedTo → English Enlightenment ⓘ
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Lichfield literary circle → culturalContext → British Enlightenment ⓘ
History of English Thought in the Eighteenth Century → setInPeriod → Enlightenment ⓘ
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William Strahan → associatedWith → Enlightenment movement ⓘ
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Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield → movement → Enlightenment ⓘ
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David printing house → historicalPeriod → Enlightenment ⓘ
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Lettres anglaises → movement → Enlightenment ⓘ
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Elizabeth Montagu → movement → Enlightenment ⓘ
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European Enlightenment → hasPart → English Enlightenment ⓘ
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On Romances → associatedWith → British Enlightenment ⓘ
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