The Enlightenment was a period in the 18th century in which changes occurred in philosophy and cultural life in Europe. The movement began in France and spread to Britain, Italy, Spain, Portugal and Germany around the same time, the ideas began with the most famous thinkers and philosophers of the time and were eventually shared with ordinary people. . The Enlightenment was a way of thinking focused on improving humanity using logic and reason rather than irrationality and superstition. It was a way of thinking that showed skepticism towards religion, challenged the inequality between kings and their people, and sought to establish a solid ethical system. The ideas underlying the Enlightenment were shared across multiple media such as literature and art, and those ideas provided the framework for the American and French Revolutions, as well as giving rise to multiple genres of art such as the Rococo and Neoclassical styles together to romance. style that went against the ideals of the Enlightenment. One of the reasons why the Enlightenment occurred according to the German philosopher Immanuel Kant is "mainly in religious matters because our rulers have no interest in playing the role of guardians of their subjects regarding the arts and sciences and because this kind of immaturity is the most harmful and at the same time the most dishonorable” (p. 63). He supported the free exercise of reason and, in doing so, opposed the control of the church, since the church had an effect on what people could know In opposition to the oppression of the people by the Church and the monarchy closely linked to the Church, the values ​​of the Enlightenment focused on distancing religion... at the center of the card... lightening and interpretation. W. W. Norton [e], 1977. Print.Hume, L. A. Selby-Bigge and P. H. Nidditch. Oxford: Clarendon, 1978. Print.Schmidt, James., and Immanuel Kant 'Enlightenment?: Eighteenth-Century Answers and Twentieth-Century Questions. Berkeley: University of California, 1996. 63. Print.Locke, John and Peter Laslett. Two government treaties:. London: Cambridge UP, 1967. Print.Montesquieu, Charles De Secondat and Thomas Nugent. The spirit of the laws. New York, NY: Cosimo Classics, 2011. 9. Print.Stokstad, Marilyn and Michael Watt. Brothers. "22." History of art. 4th ed. vol. 2. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall/Pearson, 2011. 756. Print.Stokstad, Marilyn and Michael Watt. Brothers. "29." History of art. 4th ed. vol. 2. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall/Pearson, 2011. 944. Print.