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[nowandforeve]

describe isaac newton's scientific contributions. how did he build upon past findings?


how did the scientific method differ from earlier techniques for asertaining the truth?


what was the new worldview that emerged in Europe by the end of the severnteenth century?


what idea lay at the heart of the cultural movement known as the Enlightment?


what formal did Montesquieu and Voitaire use to criticize European society and institutuions? what were their criticisms?


how were the philosophes not traditional philosophers?


why were philosophes in conflict with the established churches?


how and by whom was the idea of rational laws applied to eonomic activity?

how did salons encourage the spread of enlightenment ideas? what role did women pkay in salons?

[dot.hawkes]

hey, i did a whole year at Uni covering these few questions, you mean to say i could have just asked on here instead of purchasing the half dozen books i have on the subject of the enlightenment? tut
I know the answers to all your questions, but i found them by study and reading.

[jno]

here's Newton

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Newton

I'll leave Dot to explain the rest.

[DotH]

Hi zac, it was during the period of the enlightenment that modern culture was developed including the first shop windows and supply and demand, it was an extemely important era that saw the emergence of a consumer class.
apart from that nowt

[dot.hawkes]

was that a walking on rice paper moment there grasshopper?

[jake-the-peg]

You've messed up here a bit.

You've just copied out your assignment questions and people have assumed that you're a lazy sod who can't be bothered.

If you'd started by saying something like "I've got this assignment and I'm a bit stuck for ideas - could anyone give me some suggestions" this would probably have grown into a huge thread discussing Enlightenment ideas.

The moral of the story is asking nicely costs nothing and works so much better.

Just a hint though with regards to the foundations of Newton's work you should check out Francis Bacon as well as the more obvious Gallileo