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AGE OF REASON (17TH & 18TH CENTURY) - Coggle Diagram
AGE OF REASON (17TH & 18TH CENTURY)
A GOLDEN AGE
it was also called
‘Augustan’
it takes its name from the Roman histoical age of political and economic stability
cultural innovation and public debate
Man has an innate sense of what is right and wrong
rejection of extremism
importance of
politeness, moderation and rationality
THE ENLIGHTMENT
European intellectual movement
reason
developed by
education
question traditional doctrines
faith in reason to achieve happiness
THE EXPERIMENTAL METHOD
scientists --> also men of faith
new rationalist spirit --> not seen as a challenge
order and harmony
of a God-created universe
first age of scienze --> Isaac Newton
laws of gravitation
and motion
A NEW VIEW OF NATURE
EXPLORATIONS