Quote:
|
Quote by: rez Some notes:
By 1790 the population in America was 2,780,000
People at this time were more interested in science and politics than religion (man-centered world, rather then bible-centered) "god" became remote and impersonal. This philosophy can be called "Rationalism"
Prose: dominance of reason...Franklin, Jefferson, Adams.
The enlightenment gave birth to man being politically, socially, and morally perfectible. (concentration of societies and its improvment)
My point:
The 18th century was a time when humans truly seperated from god, however, people still kept religion around. Can the 18th century be considered the time period when man betrayed god and commited the same sin as Eve eating the apple from the tree of knowledge?
Should the enlightenment be considered mans TRUE seperation from God's grace? |
Maybe by the numbers. But the most important works were done 2400 years ago, by Aristotle, who based everything he believed solely on reason. Even in the Renaissance, a time when the Roman Catholic Church was at its most corrupt point, a time when pagans were coming out of hiding, and a time when people needed something else to rely on besides the church taxes, men like Wycliffe and Huss denounced every bit of the Church. Petrach, the father of humanism, pretty much began what you have stated. Rousseau and Voltairre expanded on his works and the works of these two Frenchmen can be found throughout our own Constitution.