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* [[Thomas Hobbes]] (1588 - 1679)
* [[Thomas Hobbes]] (1588 - 1679)
* [[Ulrich Zwingli]] (1484-1531)
* [[Ulrich Zwingli]] (1484-1531)
== Movements of Note ==
== Movements of Note ==
* [http://www2.sas.ac.uk/ies/events/seminars/Emphasis/index.htm EMPHASIS: Early Modern Philosophy and the Scientific Imagination Seminar]
* [http://www2.sas.ac.uk/ies/events/seminars/Emphasis/index.htm EMPHASIS: Early Modern Philosophy and the Scientific Imagination Seminar]
=='''17th-century philosophy'''== in the West is generally regarded as seeing the start of modern philosophy, and the shaking off of the medieval approach, especially [[scholasticism]]. It is often called the "Age of Reason" and is considered to succeed the [[Renaissance]] and precede the [[Age of Enlightenment]]. Alternatively, it may be seen as the earlier part of the Enlightenment.
==Europe==
==Europe==
==List of seventeenth century philosophers==
==List of seventeenth century philosophers==
* [[Nicolas Malebranche]] (1638–1715)
* [[Nicolas Malebranche]] (1638–1715)
* [[Mulla Sadra]] (1571–1640)
* [[Mulla Sadra]] (1571–1640)
==External links==
* [http://www2.sas.ac.uk/ies/events/seminars/Emphasis/index.htm EMPHASIS: Early Modern Philosophy and the Scientific Imagination Seminar]
* [http://www2.sas.ac.uk/ies/events/seminars/Emphasis/index.htm EMPHASIS: Early Modern Philosophy and the Scientific Imagination Seminar]
The '''Age of Enlightenment ''' ({{lang-fr|Siècle des Lumières}}; {{lang-de|Aufklärung}}) was an eighteenth century movement in [[European philosophy|European]] and [[Western philosophy|American philosophy]], or the longer period including the [[Age of Reason]]. The term can more narrowly refer to the intellectual movement of ''The Enlightenment'', which advocated [[rationalism|Reason]] as the primary basis of authority. Developing in [[France]], [[Kingdom of Great Britain|Britain]] and [[Germany]], its sphere of influence also included [[Austria]], [[Italy]], the [[Netherlands]], [[Poland]], [[Russia]], [[Scandinavia]], [[Spain]] and, in fact, the whole of [[Europe]]. Many of the United States' [[Founding Fathers of the United States|Founding Fathers]] were also heavily influenced by Enlightenment-era ideas, particularly in the religious sphere ([[Deism]]) and, in parallel with [[classical liberalism]], in the political sphere (which had a major influence on its [[United States Bill of Rights|Bill of Rights]], in parallel with the [[Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen]]).
==The '''Age of Enlightenment '''==
was an eighteenth century movement in [[European philosophy|European]] and [[Western philosophy|American philosophy]], or the longer period including the [[Age of Reason]]. The term can more narrowly refer to the intellectual movement of ''The Enlightenment'', which advocated [[rationalism|Reason]] as the primary basis of authority. Developing in [[France]], [[Kingdom of Great Britain|Britain]] and [[Germany]], its sphere of influence also included [[Austria]], [[Italy]], the [[Netherlands]], [[Poland]], [[Russia]], [[Scandinavia]], [[Spain]] and, in fact, the whole of [[Europe]]. Many of the United States' [[Founding Fathers of the United States|Founding Fathers]] were also heavily influenced by Enlightenment-era ideas, particularly in the religious sphere ([[Deism]]) and, in parallel with [[classical liberalism]], in the political sphere (which had a major influence on its [[United States Bill of Rights|Bill of Rights]], in parallel with the [[Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen]]).
The era is generally agreed to have ended around the year 1800 and the beginning of the [[Napoleonic Wars]] (1804-15).
The era is generally agreed to have ended around the year 1800 and the beginning of the [[Napoleonic Wars]] (1804-15).