The Scientific Revolution & The Enlightenment In Europe
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The Scientific Revolution was an intellectual revolution occurring
in the seventeenth century. It started in Europe and all Western
civilization; eventually spreading throughout the rest of the world. The
revolution was based on sixteenth century breakthroughs and an interest in
the workings of ....
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.... on facts and mathematical laws,
replaced earlier methods for proving beliefs. Such as referring to
traditional authorities such as Aristotle, Ptolemy, as well as the church.
Third, the general scientific orientation changed from theological
questioning to secular which focused on how things worked. these
developments were not very popular in Europe until the eighteenth century
when the ideas and methods became known as part of the Enlightenment.
Philosophes, a group of thinkers, develope ....
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