John Locke and The Scientific Revolution
During history, there have been many periods of intellectual growth. Many of these eras would not have come about had it not been for earlier events. During the 18th century, there was a great spurt of learning. This could not have existed, though, without the earlier effects of the Scientific Revolution. A quote which perfectly explains this would be, "The intellectual revolution of the eighteenth century was indebted to the scientific revolution of the seventeenth century." John Locke was also greatly involved in this process of change. Many changes and ideas of the 18th century were only available due to the thoughts of the 17th century, and John Locke helped bring ideas from one era to the next in many ways. In the seventeenth century, many great scientists and thinkers began what is now known as the Scientific Revolution. Many facts about the world were discovered. Things such as gravity and planetary movement were theorized and proved. Many of these changes and controversies came about by the new movements, called the Scientific Method, and the Enlightenment. These new and revolutionary ideas all helped shape the ways of the Philosophes of the 18th century. The way of thinking, theorizing, and proving was used to change wa
ys of thought. Many thinkers also pondered about what worked in the fields of government and economics. One thinker, Rousseau, believed that all humans entered a social contract. Rousseau once wrote, "...What man loses by the social contract is his natural liberty and unlimited right to everything to everything he tries to get and succeeds in getting; what he gains is civil liberty and proprietorship of all he possesses." (Rousseau, Doc. 1). These lifestyles were birthed by influence from the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment. All of the changes, ways of thinking, and processes were created under the influence of these movements, but one man also helped the influence. From the 17th century to the 18th century, there was a great change and Philosophes came about. They thought about many things that thinkers in the 17th century did. There were also many other ways of similarity between the two centuries. Philosophes were mainly questioners, as shown when Denis Diderot wrote, "...Reason is in the estimation of the philosopher what grace is to the Christian." (Diderot, Doc. 3). Many methods were still used, such as observing and questioning. One quote says, "The intellectual revolution of the eighteenth century was indebted to the scientific revolution of th
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