The Enlightenment (European) (n.) is a revolution in words, with writing having achieved a new and awesome power over the world of objects as it shaped the individuals who established a relationship with that world of objects as it shaped the individuals who established a relationship with that world through reading.
Enlightenment (European) (n.) is also a 'seeking to give new impetus, as far as possible, to the undefined work of freedom.
The Enlightenment (European) (n.) is not about individual freedom of thought, but about universal, free, public, uses of reason.
Enlightenment (European) (n.) is the permanent reactivation of an attitude, that is, of a philosophical ethos that could be described as a permanent critique of our historical era.
The Enlightenment (European) (n.) is a blackmail to refuse: being 'for' or 'against' it is a false choice, since we are partly made by it; the work is sorting which of its limits we still need.