The Enlightenment and the Scientific Revolution: Men of Ideas Creating Change Nicole Hill The eighteenth century is often referred to as the Enlightenment. The ideas of many individuals combined to create a movement that would not only sweep across Europe‚ but reach as far as the America’s. The idea of a world without caste‚ class or institutionalized crudity was what many were striving to achieve. Coinciding with the Enlightenment was the Scientific Revolution. Advancements in astronomy‚ technology
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The Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment Science tries to explain the world without reference to God or gods. It sees the world as an object‚ and tries to explain how it moves and interacts. Science is therefore distinct from technology which is a way of manipulating the world. Many cultures had technological knowledge‚ but scientific thinking was first developed in an extensive way by the Ancient Greeks. It was the Greeks thoughts which dominated Europe up until the Scientific Revolution
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Scientific Revolution Aristotle and Claudius Ptolemy 16th century science was based on their conclusions Geocentric model: Earth is motion less other planets revolve around it Epicycles- Plotlemy’s idea circles within circles Crystalline spheres: heavens are made of a weightless substance allowing them to move Medieval thinkiners used Aristotle and Ptolemy ideology into a Christian framework Thomas Aquinas uses Unmoved Mover concept to confirm G-d’s existence Medieval thinkers believed their hypothesis
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Enlightenment philosophes influenced current political structures by addressing new ideas that are still spread and acknowledged by citizens of every world government. Philosophes’ influences include the recognition of natural rights‚ for citizens‚ needed to be upheld by a government; the questioning of what government type addresses human nature‚ good or evil‚ efficiently; and the different life experiences or circumstances that cause different beliefs on the rights of citizens. The Enlightenment
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The Scientific Revolution’s Effect on the Enlightenment Era The scientific revolution started in the late in the late 1600’s and was followed by the enlightenment era. The scientific revolution scientists challenged the church’s teachings and proved them wrong in many ways. That made people open their eyes and start to question all of their leaders including those who believed in divine right. With that said‚ the enlightenment eera couldn’t have happened without the scientific revolution happening
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Question 3 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
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The Scientific Revolution and The Enlightenment The scientific revolution and the enlightenment are two major historical events that helped shape modern Western society. Beginning in the 14th century‚ these events were preceded by the renaissance‚ which was initiated in Italy and was the rebirth of classical Greco-Roman heritage. The aim of these intellectual movements was mainly to revive rational thought through science and reason‚ evidently bringing about the opposition of the Christian church
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optics‚ physics‚ and chemistry were created with a definite advancement in the mathematics and philosophy. The revolution was mainly caused by the necessity for more knowledge and learning. The rediscovery of ancient yet highly developed mathematics from the Babylonians‚ Greeks‚ and Egyptians during the Renaissance only added fuel to the spark of interest. The final cause of the revolution was the Age of Exploration which required inventors and physicist to create clocks and watches for sailors to
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The Renaissance‚ Scientific Revolution‚ and Enlightenment were all vital times that greatly affected the word from about 1350 CE to 1700 CE. The aforementioned movements were all different from one another‚ and each sparked new concepts‚ such as humanism. It also led to the rise of new thinkers‚ whose ideas changed the course of history. Distinguishing the Renaissance‚ Scientific Revolution‚ and the Enlightenment can start at the very basics; they all took place during different time periods. However
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“The Scientific Revolution Outshines everything since the rise of christianity and reduces the reformation to the rank of mere episodes‚ mere internal displacements within the system of medieval christianity.” Herbert Butterfield a british historian. Consider the time period in which Herbert makes this statement. It 1948‚ just a few years after Hiroshima‚ 78‚000 men‚ women‚ and children died within fifteen minutes of dropping the atomic bomb. That is what science gave us the death of 78‚000 people
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