HIST 2300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Montesquieu, Tabula Rasa, Jefferson Bible
9 Feb 2017
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The atlantic world system: intellectual and economic connections. Celebrates achievement of western europe, new literate middle class. Classical liberalism creates separation of church and state and capitalism. Francis bacon: father of the scientific method, published the advancement of science (1605) and novum organum (1620, argued for inductive method of reasoning, question nature, experimentation, opposite of deductive reasoning. Sir isaac newton: principia mathematica (1687) John winthrop the younger: governor of connecticut, interested in alchemy (changing one substance to another, widely sought for his medicine, skeptical about witchcraft claims and managed to prevent people from being executed by following puritan rule. Jean-jacques rousseau: french philosopher, government should be ruled by the people not by a god, rulers derive authority through the people they rule not god. Baron de montesquieu: french philosopher, wrote the spirit of laws (1748, government should have three branches. Protestant europe and america in 1730s and 1740s. Reaction against age of enlightenment and current mainstream worship services.
