History 1401E Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Antireligion, Age Of Enlightenment, The Roots
16 Aug 2016
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The enlightenment and religion are two conflicting situations: tension between the leaders of each. Need to start with the understanding that, before the early modern age, the. Until the early modern age, religion held all the answers to all the questions: the answers had to be compatible with religion. Bible: began to realize that human reason could distinguish between good and bad, people could think about the world beyond christian teachings. The enlightenment brought about a faith in progress: if human beings start to believe that they can improve the world, they start to create their own goals. Only reasonable goal is that of general happiness. Working towards the general good/ greater good for the greatest number of people. Became a fundamental dimension of the enlightenment. They were against the clergy running everything. While reason and faith are compatible, the people of the time did not see it that way.
