Scientific Revolution, The Enlightenment And The French Revolution
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Discuss the relationship between the Scientific Revolution, the Enlightenment and the French Revolution. What do they have in common? How did they affect each other?
The seventeenth century marked the beginnings of the scientific revolution in which scientists began to question the existence of the world and humanity as it was explained by church from a religious standpoint. Scientific inquiry and experimentation resulted in the development of a new way of thinking and looking at the world which was based on truth derived from evidence. Scientists in an effort to seek answers to their questions and bring knowledge to the masses began to observe, experiment and publish their work so that it could be read and replicated by others. …show more content…
As information was made available to the masses, they began to realize that it was possible to explain occurrences in the world around hem via scientific reasoning and logic.as a result, the basis for intellectual knowledge and explanations shifted from on based on religion and superstition to one that was predominantly secular.
Philosophers such as Emmanuel Kant, Adam Smith and Cesare Beccaria in the era of the enlightenment, criticized and questioned traditional institutions, customs and morals. Via the theory of “Natural law” these philosophers believed that “certain rights and values are common to all human and derived from nature rather than from the rules of society”. (Encyclopedia Britannica). French philosopher Voltaire went on to reiterate this belief by stating that “everyone should cultivate their own garden.” (The Enlightment ppt slide 4).
The scientific revolution as well as the periods of the enlightenment sparked major discoveries the areas of mathematics, economics, science, music, literature and politics. This discoveries resulted in the development of new technologies which served to craft the French
Discuss the relationship between the Scientific Revolution, the Enlightenment and the French Revolution. What do they have in common? How did they affect each other?
The seventeenth century marked the beginnings of the scientific revolution in which scientists began to question the existence of the world and humanity as it was explained by church from a religious standpoint. Scientific inquiry and experimentation resulted in the development of a new way of thinking and looking at the world which was based on truth derived from evidence. Scientists in an effort to seek answers to their questions and bring knowledge to the masses began to observe, experiment and publish their work so that it could be read and replicated by others. …show more content…
As information was made available to the masses, they began to realize that it was possible to explain occurrences in the world around hem via scientific reasoning and logic.as a result, the basis for intellectual knowledge and explanations shifted from on based on religion and superstition to one that was predominantly secular.
Philosophers such as Emmanuel Kant, Adam Smith and Cesare Beccaria in the era of the enlightenment, criticized and questioned traditional institutions, customs and morals. Via the theory of “Natural law” these philosophers believed that “certain rights and values are common to all human and derived from nature rather than from the rules of society”. (Encyclopedia Britannica). French philosopher Voltaire went on to reiterate this belief by stating that “everyone should cultivate their own garden.” (The Enlightment ppt slide 4).
The scientific revolution as well as the periods of the enlightenment sparked major discoveries the areas of mathematics, economics, science, music, literature and politics. This discoveries resulted in the development of new technologies which served to craft the French