10 Bizarre Events in the Age of Reason That Defied Reason

The period from the late 17th century to the close of the Napoleonic Wars is called the Enlightenment—the Age of Reason. It was a period of scientific progress that sought to leave the supernatural behind and explain the workings of the world through natural laws. There was increasing confidence that there was nothing that couldn’t […]

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