Italian Enlightenment

Statue of Cesare Beccaria, widely considered one of the greatest thinkers of the Age of Enlightenment.

The Enlightenment in Italy (Italian: Illuminismo italiano) was a cultural and philosophical movement that began in the second half of the eighteenth century, characterized by the discussion of the epistemological, ethical, and political issues of the Enlightenment thought of the eighteenth century.[1][2][3]

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