HISTORY 3CG3 Lecture Notes - Tabula Rasa, Persian Letters, Scientific Revolution
12 Apr 2014
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Universities were owned by church and a number of thinkers were christian but a greater number of them were the opposite. Three factors crucial to the enlightenment: scientific revolution, newton, einstein (theory of relativity), galaleo, scientists changing the world around them through experiments, newtonian synthesis; created laws that he argued were the basis of the universe. If we can understand the laws of the universe, we can understand the universe. Pioneer of epistemology (understanding of how knowledge works) Provided a theoretical foundation of what happened before him, and what will happen after him. Locke argued that when we are born, we are born as a blank slate: we are. In most of europe (france) censorship blocked any revolutionary ideas, and anything not against the social norm: word of mouth travelled fast: ideas were spread all across europe. Individuals interested in intellectual ideas who were deemed revolutionary, dangerous and controversial.
