How Did The Scientific Revolution Affect Society

The Scientific Revolution has made a huge impact on the world around us today. It all started with philosophers in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Two of them are Thomas hobbes who is an English Philosopher, and then later came along John Locke, another English philosopher and physician. Both of them were deeply influenced by the scientific revolution.
One of the most crucial things in our intellectual history is the Scientific Revolution. The Scientific Revolution was a change in the way the human mind perceives the world around it. In other words, it was an epistemological revolution, it changed the thought process from a strictly religious mind to a mind simply without religion (Kreis). Not getting rid of religion by any means. In fact, religion is still a huge factor in society as we know it today. Yet, the Scientific Revolution was just thinking of the world without the religious undertones. For instance, say a bird poops on your shoulder whilst shopping at the farmer’s market. The
In The Leviathan (Hobbes), Hobbes goes over what it must have been like before everyone was civilized, in terms of groups of people. It goes on for a while but essentially it always ends with one leader. None of that had anything to do with religion and that is how the Scientific Revolution affected Thomas Hobbes. Without the Scientific Revolution he may have never come up with this brilliant work. Hobbes also was the first to vocalize the thought of “all men are created equal,” which I’m positive we can all thank him for that amazing courage to say those words. So, thank the Scientific Revolution for that. Hobbes also states that natural law can be found in everyone, so for someone who is not religious they still have common sense and morals. Morals are not given to someone for going to church or reading scripture. Morals are for anyone who has empathy. Many people find him very inspiring. One of those people is John