The Enlightenment, as realized, 17th-18th c.
Early Modern · realized scope
The Enlightenment was an intellectual and philosophical movement centered on the application of reason, empirical inquiry, and skepticism to questions of knowledge, society, politics, and religion. It operated primarily across Western Europe, with centers in France, Britain, Scotland, and the German states, during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. It is principally associated with the production of philosophical texts, encyclopedic projects, and political theories that informed constitutional and institutional developments across Europe and the Americas.
Cluster:Liberty First
Liberty is the defining elevation, with Consent & Anti-Coercion running high beside it; Authority & Hierarchy sits low. Individual freedom leads the profile rather than any collective commitment.
Full profile
All 22 dimensions in one fixed order, grouped by the contrast axis each feeds, so any two entities can be read side by side. Switch to “By axis” to group them by the axis each feeds.
Neighbors
- 1Classical Liberalism, as stated, 18th-19th c.Distance: 13Compare
- 2On Liberty (Mill), as stated, 1859Distance: 14Compare
- 3Liberal Feminism, as stated, 19th c.-presentDistance: 15Compare
- 4The Wealth of Nations (Smith), as stated, 1776Distance: 15Compare
- 5Open Source Movement, as realized, 1980s-presentDistance: 16Compare
The Three Axes (Detail)
Each bar is one pole’s pull, pointing the way it pushes the result. The dot is where the two pulls add up.