... illuminate how social, political and religious elements were crucial to the development and spread of modern science. Politics and religion often inspired new discoveries and perspectives in relation to science. Jacob mentions that the natural philosophers "looked forward to the progressive purification of religion and a moral reformation to which science was seen as being crucial."" Therefore, the people of this era ... to create other worlds besides ours and that therefore there may, or must, exist an infinite void space to hold these potential worlds.""4This excerpt shows how a confli...

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... very happy by living in El Dorado. In El Dorado, Voltaire envisioned a community where there was no set form of religion that one must follow and no religious persecution. However, they did have religion it was up to oneself to determine what religion you were going to follow. Some worshiped the sun, others the worshiped planets and some just believed in a supreme being ... people should think. In the 18th century, Europe was under going some drastic changes in life and society as a whole. The most important change that was taking affect was the Enlightenment or also known as the Age of...

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