2007-01-14 11:50:53 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
The enlightenment let people question their place in life. During this time, people were discovering the the Earth was not the center of the Universe..that actually WE revolved around the Sun. Not the other way around. Europeans started asking questions like: "What do we believe in now?...What is our place in life?". Now, there wasn't just the belief in god, but belief in SCIENCE! It was the first step against the harshness of the Roman Catholic Church.
The Enlightenment was a movement against the dark ages of the Medieval times...It was a time of change. Time of going against tradition and looking for reason and rationality. A time of modernization (soon there was the Industrial Revolution, but we won't get into that). The ideas of Locke (thought humans were good in nature) and Hobbes (thought humans were EVIL!..basically)..and many other ideas from well-known philosophers.
That's all I know. Hope that helped.
2007-01-14 12:01:24 · answer #1 · answered by Kitty Kat 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Enlightenment was largely fueled by the scientific discoveries of Sir Issac Newton and the philosophy of John Locke. This led to a more scientific approach to life, rationalism. Voltaire and Diderot of France were the main Enlightenment figures. They had a questioning, rational, scientific spirit. This led to empiricism, basing judgments, evaluations on gathered data, rather than emotion, tradition, or superstition. Thomas Jefferson, who delved deeply into science, kept extensive scientific records, and helped devise with others who had drank from the Enlightenment cup a more systematic and reasoned government in the United States. The skepticism of this philosophy enabled it to be wary of concentrated government and devise safeguards to protect the public.
2007-01-15 00:08:32 · answer #2 · answered by Rev. Dr. Glen 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Invincible ingenuity. There's a whole other world within it and it's pretty scary where technology has taken us in the last 100 years or more. I'm afraid the intelligence of man is becoming self destructive because of the almost invincible mentality.
I know, to say something like that is like throwing a curve ball from a non-religious standpoint but this is a history category correct?
2007-01-14 20:00:17 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The enlightenment of what????
2007-01-15 04:36:56 · answer #4 · answered by charliecizarny 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Humanism or rationalism.
2007-01-14 21:42:15 · answer #5 · answered by Mister Farlay 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-01-14 19:53:18 · answer #6 · answered by hil 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋