Kama unajua kitu, ukisambaze. Kama kuna kitu ambacho hukijui, anzisha utafiti.
— Kutoka toleo la mwaka 1772 la Encyclopédie; Ukweli, juu katikati, ukizungukwa na mwangaza na ukionyeshwa wazi na falsafa na akili (kulia).
Zama za Mwangaza (au Falsafa ya mwangaza au Mwangaza au Wakati wa akili) ni jina la vuguvugu la kiutamaduni hasa katika karne ya 18 barani Ulaya.
Kituo chake kikuu kilikuwa nchini Ufaransa kikiongozwa na wanafalsafa wawili ambao ni Voltaire na Denis Diderot. Huyo alieneza azimio la mwangaza kwa kutumia mfululizo wa Encyclopédie, kitabu kikubwa cha kwanza cha kumbukumbu.
Azimio muhimu zaidi la mwangaza lilikuwa ni kuamini watu kwa sababu. Watu wote wana uwezo wa kujifikiria. Kwa hiyo, mtu hapaswi kuamini vitu kwa nguvu ya kimamlaka. Watu hawatakiwi kuamini kinachofundishwa na Kanisa wala kile anachofundisha mchungaji.
Azimio lingine muhimu ni kwamba jamii imeendelea vyema kwamba wanachama wake wote wana vyeo sawa tu, hamna ubaguzi, wanashirikiana sawa tu katika usanifu.
Lengo lilikuwa kurekebisha jamii kwa kufuata uelewa wa akili, hasa kupitia mbinu za sayansi, si desturi na mafundisho ya imani, hasa ya Kanisa Katoliki.
Ilifanya wengi wapate wasiwasi kuhusu dini na wazingatie zaidi sayansi,[2] ikiathiri historia yote iliyofuata hata upande wa siasa.
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Makala hii kuhusu mambo ya kihistoria bado ni mbegu. Je, unajua kitu kuhusu Zama za Mwangaza kama enzi zake au matokeo yake? Labda unaona habari katika Wikipedia ya Kiingereza au lugha nyingine zinazofaa kutafsiriwa? Basi unaweza kuisaidia Wikipedia kwa kuihariri na kuongeza habari.