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most important scientist and philosopher in the age of reason (father of…
most important scientist and philosopher in the age of reason
father of enlightenment
Francis Bacon
thought that people should be free from careless and uncritical way of thinking
he promoted a rational approach to science based on experimentation
scientific method
based on experimentation and reason
Rene Descartes
published a book that proclaimed that reason and mathematic were the only means to discover truth
invented a new mathematic type called analytics geometry.
Issak newton
we can say that Newton's role in the enlightenment was to spread the discoveries made by Bacon and Descartes
philosophia Naturalis principia Mathematica
change radically the ways of thinking
laws of gravity and laws of motion
philosophers
Locke, voltaire, Montesquieu
locke belived in separation of power (executive, legislative), freedom of the press.
Voltaire championed the idea of freedom of speech.
Montesquieu called for the separation of power to maintains balance between three different powers: legislative, executive and judicial