| Impact | Secularization • Movement towards a federal German republic • Less revolutionary activity in France and North America |
| Period | Mid-1600s to late 1700s |
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| Influenced by | Scientific Revolution, René Descartes |
| Prominent figures | Immanuel Kant • Gotthold Ephraim Lessing • Johann Wolfgang von Goethe • Frederick II of Prussia |
| Concepts and principles | Critique of Pure Reason • Natural Law • Freedom of thought • Education reform • Religious tolerance |
| Ideological foundations | Rationalism • Empiricism • Humanism |
