What inspired the Enlightenment?

Answer 1

The destruction the war made. Also the fact that the during that time people needed change. People started to think for themselves and started disregarding the idea of following God's laws and started following their "own" laws and thinking for themselves.

Answer 2

The scientific revolution had been building up since the middle ages. It was thinkers such as Thomas Aquinas who laid the foundation for the scientific theory. It was ignited though by Copernicus, who had decided to introduce the idea of a heliocentric model of the universe. There were also other factors that helped the revolution as well. With countries becoming more centralized kings and queens began to fund scientists. King John funded mathematics in Portugal, Queen Elizabeth created Gresham College, and King Charles II helped start the Royal Society and the Naval Laboratories. In addition to that the church was having severe internal problems. The church is normally portrayed as a force that exists to stop science. In which case it has somewhat been. For example, the church stirs up controversy on topics such as cloning or abortion, both a branch of science. Back in Luther's and Copernicus time they were against things such as the heliocentric model of the universe. In addition to that there was increase in religious tolerance, such as with the Dutch

Answer 3

There were a number of things that triggered the enlightenment. This was based on science and came is to improve traditional rationalism and thinking.

Answer 4

because it offered a whole new way of conceptualizing the world and ones place in it

Answer 5

One of the main causes of the enlightenment was The Thirty Years war which caused distrust of nationalism and warfare. European minds turned to science and find better solutions.

Answer 6

It was basically the liberal ideas put down by Philosophers like Rousseau, Montesque which changed the thinking on ordinary people and inspired them

Answer 7

1:increase of schools