Unahariri Zama za Mwangaza (fungu)

==Historia==
[[Tapo]] hilo la [[falsafa]] lilianza mwishoni mwa [[karne ya 17]] na kuenea katika [[karne ya 18]] katika [[Ulaya]] nzima na hatimaye [[Marekani]] likisisitiza [[akili]] na [[nafsi]] ya mtu kuliko [[mapokeo]].<ref>[["enlightenment"]]. Oxford Dictionaries. Oxford University Press, n.d. Web. 19 September 2013.</ref> 

Lengo lilikuwa kurekebisha [[jamii]] kwa kufuata uelewa wa akili, hasa kupitia [[mbinu]] za [[sayansi]], si [[desturi]] na mafundisho ya [[imani]], hasa ya [[Kanisa Katoliki]]. 

Ilifanya wengi wapate wasiwasi kuhusu [[dini]] na wazingatie zaidi sayansi,<ref>Kors, Alan Charles. Encyclopedia of the Enlightenment. Oxford: Oxford UP, 2003. Print.</ref> ikiathiri [[historia]] yote iliyofuata hata upande wa [[siasa]]. 

Kati ya watu walioisambaza, muhimu zaidi ni [[wanafalsafa]] [[Baruch Spinoza]] ([[1632]]–[[1677]]), [[John Locke]] ([[1632]]–[[1704]]), [[Pierre Bayle]] ([[1647]]–[[1706]]), [[Voltaire]] ([[1694]]–[[1778]]) na nwanafizikia [[Isaac Newton]] ([[1643]]–[[1727]]).<ref>Sootin, Harry. "Isaac Newton." New York, Messner(1955).</ref> 

Mara nyingi watawala waliunga mkono watu kama hao wakajaribu kutekeleza maelekezo yao kwa [[serikali]].

Baada ya mwaka [[1800]] watu wengi walianza kushtukia matokeo yake (hasa [[Mapinduzi ya Kifaransa]]) na kuelekea upande mwingine, ule wa [[hisia]].<ref name="Casey">{{cite web | last = Casey | first = Christopher | date = October 30, 2008 | title = "Grecian Grandeurs and the Rude Wasting of Old Time": Britain, the Elgin Marbles, and Post-Revolutionary Hellenism | work = Foundations. Volume III, Number 1 | url = http://ww2.jhu.edu/foundations/?p=8 | accessdate = 2009-06-25 | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20090513053304/http://ww2.jhu.edu/foundations/?p=8 | archivedate = 2009-05-13 }}</ref>