The Enlightenment (also known as the Age of Enlightenment or the Age of Reason; in French: le Siècle des Lumières, lit. ' "the Century of Lights '' '; and in German: Aufklärung, "Enlightenment '') was an intellectual and philosophical movement that dominated the world of ideas in Europe during the 18th century, "The Century of Philosophy ''.
the intellectuals of the enlightenment were known by the french term
Age of Enlightenment