1. The Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment
... that were implemented throughout the Enlightenment. Philosophes in France acted as a perfect portrayal of the general aspirations that were aroused during this time period. They criticized the methods of the Old Regime and demanded that society be run by natural laws. Voltaire and Jean-Jacque Rousseau were both philosophes that urged reform of European absolutism and aspired towards freedom among all ... a major advocate of diminishing the supernatural beliefs forced upon society by the church and replaced them with deism. Deists perceived the world in a very rational way, as they belie...
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