Scientific Revolution
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The Renaissance inspired a spirit of curiosity in many fields - we saw this in people like Leonardo da Vinci studying mathematics and the human anatomy. During the Renaissance, scholars uncovered many classical manuscripts, Additionally, European explorers discovered new people, plants, animals and foods not indigenous to Europe (via Triangular Trade and Columbian Exchange). They concluded that there must be new truths to be found, if so many new things were being discovered and ideas being shared. Furthermore, many scholars begin questioning ideas that existed for hundreds of years. Similarly, during the Reformation, religious leaders challenged the way they were told to think about God and salvation. People were questioning and challenging everything they had be told to do and think.
The Scientific Revolution challenged the way people viewed the universe and their existence in it. It was a new way of thinking about the natural world based on careful observation and a willingness to question those previously accepted and established beliefs. |
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Philosophers admired scientists like Sir Isaac Newton for using reason to explain the laws of nature and the universe. People began to look for laws to govern human behavior. They believed that systematic thinking (similar to the ways that the scientists were thinking) could apply to all forms of human activity. They wanted to apply reason and to all aspects of society - government, religion, education, and economics.
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Enlightenment
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Enlightenment issues began to be explored in the question of what the proper relationship of the citizen to the monarch or the state should be.
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