# The Enlightenment — Reason against Tradition

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Updated: 2026-05-15T22:19:42.884Z
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## Summary

Of the Age of Lights — A Discourse in XIII Plates Key sections include: THE ENLIGHTENMENT; Reason against tradition; A continent weary of dogma; John Locke — the blank slate; Voltaire — Écrasez l'infâme; Montesquieu — the architecture of liberty; The general will; Adam Smith — the moral economist; Sapere aude; L'Encyclopédie · 1751–1772.

## Slide Outline

1. THE ENLIGHTENMENT
2. Reason against tradition
3. A continent weary of dogma
4. John Locke — the blank slate
5. Voltaire — Écrasez l'infâme
6. Montesquieu — the architecture of liberty
7. The general will
8. Adam Smith — the moral economist
9. Sapere aude
10. L'Encyclopédie · 1751–1772
11. Salons, coffeehouses, correspondence
12. The age of revolutions
13. Counter-currents
14. Further reading & viewing

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