There were many difficulties and challenges dealt with in the seventeenth century, some which have many similarities to difficulties and challenges in today’s society. During the 17th Century; also known as the Baroque Period, many investigations and discoveries formed and changed the way society viewed the world. For example 2 philosophers of this time, and Rene Descartes’ established a “new scientific method of studying the world by insisting on scrupulous objectivity and logical reasoning.” Many scientists of the same time period agreed with their discoveries claiming that these philosophers “simply amplified human understanding of creation.” Although some v