Episode 20 of Series “Il Etait Une Fois L’homme” (= “Once Upon a Time Man”).
This European intellectual movement of the 17th and 18th centuries in which ideas concerning God, reason, nature, and man were synthesized into a worldview that gained wide assent and that instigated revolutionary developments in art, philosophy, and politics. Central to Enlightenment thought were the use and the celebration of reason, the power by which man understands the universe and improves his own condition. The goals of rational man were considered to be knowledge, freedom, and happiness. Reference: Encyclopedia Britannica.
Credits: Director, writer, Albert Barille ; photography, Jean-Louis Karcher ; art direction, Philippe Landrot, Rene Borg ; graphic research, Jean Barbaud.
Cast: Roger Carel, Francine Laine, Pierre Trabaud, Henri Djanik [original French narration].
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