PSYC 3125 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Cogito Ergo Sum, Nicolaus Copernicus, Tabula Rasa
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The naturalistic terms about the thought of man in naturalistic terms occurred in context of faith both protestant and catholic. Desecrates and locke were profoundly affected by this context of religious and political strif and found their way helped in emergence of psychology. s to restore certainty of knowledge and order in civil society ( this also. Modern nation-state was developing and there was war among nations. Civil war was going on due to religious beliefs and practices. Also in europe , martin luther (16th century) spread unevenly across the continent. A lot of arguments between roman catholic church and new protestant faiths, the families were divided. A lot of persecution , it was literally a time of uncertainty. King of france, henri iv s assassination was a significant event . He was murdered since he was religiously diverse and guaranteed civil rights of religious minorities mainly protestant. Therefore, catholics got him killed as they feared weakness in catholicism.