af Jordyn Zachary 15 år siden
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Rousseau's philosophy was that the society around one's self is what corrupts a life. Humanity in general is good.
Voltaire's philosophy was that human happiness depended on the society improving and the advancement of science.
Empirical proof was proven evidince of why something "was" or how something worked. This is the proof people sought after during this time. This is why so many new things and theories were discovered and invented during the Enlightenment.
The quest for knowledge began
After realizing that the Roman Catholic Church was not all it was made out to be, people began to realize that they were allowed to pursue their own relationship with God instead having to pay for most of the things the Catholic Church said they had to do in order to get into Heaven. This made me eager for more knowledge.
Two of these people included John Cormenius and Hugo Grotius. They believed that they could avoid another horrific war by trying to find other solutions. This led to changes in government.
