Quest for knowledge

Enlightenment: A European intellectual movement of the 17th and 18th centuries emphasizing reason and individualism rather than tradition. It was heavily influenced by philosophers such as Descartes, Locke, and Newton.

Scientific Revolution: The period of great advances in the sciences, roughly 1500-1700. During this time, the foundations of modern science were laid down in Western Europe.

Renaissance: A period in European history marking the transition from the Middle Ages to Modernity and covering the 15th and 16th centuries. It is associated with a surge of interest in classical scholarship and values.