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To: BenLurkin

Enlightenment was actually an European phenomenon with London, Florence, and Paris all playing their part with various writers and philosophers.


18 posted on 12/03/2016 2:46:45 PM PST by Steelfish
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To: Steelfish; BenLurkin
Re: “Enlightenment was actually an European phenomenon with London, Florence, and Paris all playing their part with various writers and philosophers.”

The only Italian Enlightenment philosopher I can think of is Beccaria, who had a significant impact on the U.S. Constitution and the rights of criminal defendants.

According to Wiki, Beccaria lived in Milan.

Galileo lived in Florence, and he obviously had a huge impact on science and the Scientific Method.

However, Galileo died at least 50 years before the Enlightenment got started.

25 posted on 12/03/2016 3:52:26 PM PST by zeestephen
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