Enlightenment in Britain

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Predicate Object
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gptkbp:centeredIn gptkb:Edinburgh
gptkb:England
gptkb:London
gptkb:Scotland
gptkbp:endDate early 19th century
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Enlightenment in Britain
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Industrial_Revolution
gptkb:public_policy
abolitionism
liberalism
utilitarianism
modern science
British political thought
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Renaissance
gptkb:Scientific_Revolution
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:mainTheme gptkb:Confederate_States_of_America
gptkb:politics
atheism
empiricism
progress
scientific research
economic liberalism
individual rights
reason
gptkbp:notableEvent publication of Locke's Two Treatises of Government
publication of Newton's Principia Mathematica
publication of Smith's Wealth of Nations
gptkbp:notableFigure gptkb:Adam_Smith
gptkb:David_Hume
gptkb:Isaac_Newton
gptkb:Jeremy_Bentham
gptkb:John_Locke
gptkb:Joseph_Priestley
gptkb:Mary_Wollstonecraft
gptkb:Edward_Gibbon
gptkb:Thomas_Paine
gptkb:Edmund_Burke
gptkbp:notableInstitution gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkb:Edinburgh_University
gptkb:Lunar_Society
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:A_Treatise_of_Human_Nature
gptkb:The_Wealth_of_Nations
gptkb:A_Vindication_of_the_Rights_of_Woman
gptkb:Two_Treatises_of_Government
gptkb:An_Inquiry_into_the_Nature_and_Causes_of_the_Wealth_of_Nations
gptkb:The_Rights_of_Man
The History of England
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Age_of_Enlightenment
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Scottish_Enlightenment
gptkb:American_Enlightenment
gptkb:French_Enlightenment
gptkbp:startDate late 17th century
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Georgian_period
gptkb:18th_century_Britain
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7