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The Enlightenment brought political modernization to the west, in terms of focusing on democratic values and institutions and the creation of modern, liberal democracies. Enlightenment thinkers sought to curtail the political power of organized religion, and thereby prevent another age of intolerant religious war.
Change government and society by using reason to improve/perfect the world and influence change globally. ... Enlightenment ideas influenced society and culture as a new generation of philosophes had new ideas about liberty and the condition of women, which were spread through an increasingly literate society.
The Enlightenment helped combat the excesses of the church, establish science as a source of knowledge, and defend human rights against tyranny. It also gave us modern schooling, medicine, republics, representative democracy, and much more.
