1. The Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment
... time in which the average person had the ability to grasp the basic occurrences of the universe and therefore, a mass of people relentlessly persisted that the government should acknowledge their natural rights by rewarding them with liberty and equality. Society's general view of government provoked the unstoppable flow of revolutionary political concepts that were implemented throughout the Enlightenment. Philosophes in ... 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...
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