The Enlightenment was a cultural movement of intellectuals beginning in the late 17th and 18th centuries, emphasizing reason and individualism over tradition. Its purpose was to reform society using reason, challenge ideas grounded in tradition and faith, and advance knowledge through the scientific method. It promoted scientific thought, skepticism, and intellectual interchange. Important Irish intellectuals during this period (for which ARB has works of) include George Berkeley, Edmund Burke, Jonathan Swift, Alexander Pope, Oliver Goldsmith, and Laurence Sterne.
Alexander Pope
Jonathan Swift
Laurence Sterne
Robert Boyle
Oliver Goldsmith
Edmund Burke
George Berkeley
William Rowan Hamilton
John Toland
