The Scientific Revolution & The Enlightenment In Europe

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changed from theological
questioning to secular which focused on how things worked. these
developments were not very popular in Europe until the eighteenth century
when the ideas and methods became known as part of the Enlightenment.
Philosophes, a group of thinkers, developed related ideas forming a basis
for modern thought. Emphasizing again skepticism, empirical reasoning, and
satire. People began believing that reasoning and education were bringing
Western civilization into enlightenment from a state of immaturity.
Without philosophers like Voltaire, Rousseau, Locke and Hobbes
where would we be today? Voltaire was instrumental in the enlightenment.
He spent much of hi life arguing for religious toleration and freedom of
thought. He was famous for his quote “ I do not believe a word you say but
I will defend to the death your right to say it.” Voltaire favored a
strong monarch, and thought that rulers should be strong but enlightened.
An enlightened monarch was a ...

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