Intellectual

This word directly relates to the field of technological advancements made during the Age of Reason. The greatest minds of the era were focused on expanding intellectual thought and creating a more fact-based society. Scientists and philosophers began to move away from the teachings of the Church, and they started to think for themselves in order to discover new ideas and theories about the natural world, never yet conceived of. The entire Age of Reason was an intellectual movement away from traditional, religious beliefs, and towards a new, science based and fact driven society.