The exhibition was part of the '5 Museums' initiative, and was the reciprocating exhibition of the Museum of Louvre for the large exhibition on ancient Macedonia presented there, entitled: "AU ROYAUME D’ ALEXANDRE  LE GRAND. LA MACÉDOINE ANTIQUE" (October 2011 – February 2012).

The exhibition connects the dots between the concepts of the Enlightenment and ancient Greek philosophy. The Greek thought, which first pondered about the notions of personal freedom, self-consciousness and free thought, all concepts that became the foundations of the modern Western system of values. Furthermore, many ideas for liberation of the then suppressed nations were based on the messages sent forth by the Enlightenment, and the Greek nation was one of them. The Greek enlightenment was not merely an echo of the European one. This exhibition traced the notions that could link Greek antiquity with a modern European and Greek multifaceted phenomenon.

Scupltures of prominent French thinkers of the Enlightenment from the Museum of Louvre were displayed, with sculptures that depict ancient Greek philosophers, from the A.M.Th. collection, drawings, lithographs and etchings from the National and Historical Museum, as well as publications of the Library of the Hellenic Parliament.

The exhibition was accompanied by a bilingual catalogue (Greek, French).