What Is The Difference Between The Enlightenment And The Scientific Revolution

The scientific revolution took place in the late 16th and 17th century. It was a period of using scientific experiment and nature to solve problems. While the enlightenment was an era of intellectual reasoning. It established the idea of popular sovereignty and, the idea of rules to govern society not rulers. The scientific revolution had brilliant scientists such as; Aristotle, Ptolemy, Isaac Newton and many more. On the other hand, the enlightenment had philosophers such as; Montesquieu, Voltaire, Adam Smith and John Locke. Both the enlightenment and the scientific revolution were the best era in human history because; They developed the idea of reasoning and lastly, both used the scientific method. These are the reasons why the scientific
One of the most prominent scientist during this revolution was Isaac Newton. He published the book Principia Mathematica after his study of light, gravity and mathematics. Newton was the first scientist to discover gravitational force after a long night of thinking about moon’s orbit. "And therefore that force by which the moon is kept in its orbit is the very one that we generally call gravity." (Journal of the History of Philosophy). In the text above Newton wondered why the moon was in constant motion around its orbit. This experiment led him to discover the force between the moon and its orbit called gravity.
In conclusion both the enlightenment and scientific revolution established the idea of using nature and reasoning to solve problems. Both encouraged people to avoid the urge of using religion to explain natural occurrence. Enlighten thinkers sparked the American revolution and many other wars because, people felt that a monarchy or government was unnecessary. The concept of popular sovereignty was also established during the enlightenment. Slaves and colonies were free after these