Yujin Jung
World History II
Grade 9
Ms.Antonini
March 21, 2017
How did Science Revolution impact the Age of Enlightenment? Before moving directly onto the topic, let’s say that there are two eggs. One of them was cracked and became a nice dish of scrambled egg for someone’s breakfast, while a chicken inside the another egg hatched out of the shell by itself, and woke up. How do these eggs vary? What have led these 2 eggs to different destinations? The chicken hatched out of the egg by itself met totally new world through its strong power and will to have a life. Will was what decided the entirely different lives of 2 chickens. This story of eggs may sound out of blue and random for the readers who expected a historical essay. Actually eggs, chickens, and the cracking out of the shell spontaneously are all metaphors that communicate historical terms regarding the Age of Enlightenment. Egg shell refers to the old-established tradition that had been lasting for a long time by the church, chickens are Europeans, the will and power of the hatched out chicken represent Scientific Revolution, and cracking out of egg refers to the Age of Enlightenment lastly. The point of the story is that Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment are very closely tied to each other. Scientific Revolution was the actual motive power of …show more content…
Scientific method, technology, and popularization of knowledge were the main 3 motivations of enlightened thinking. Even though science may seem unrelated to philosophic and ethnic idea of enlightenment, however it was highly important. All changes were started from asking a bunch of questions. “Why is it like that? Why does this exist? Is it just? How do we prove this?” Questioning and reasoning were not interruption that disrupted the already existing order. Instead, they were potential motive powers that led mankind into more creative and better
World History II
Grade 9
Ms.Antonini
March 21, 2017
How did Science Revolution impact the Age of Enlightenment? Before moving directly onto the topic, let’s say that there are two eggs. One of them was cracked and became a nice dish of scrambled egg for someone’s breakfast, while a chicken inside the another egg hatched out of the shell by itself, and woke up. How do these eggs vary? What have led these 2 eggs to different destinations? The chicken hatched out of the egg by itself met totally new world through its strong power and will to have a life. Will was what decided the entirely different lives of 2 chickens. This story of eggs may sound out of blue and random for the readers who expected a historical essay. Actually eggs, chickens, and the cracking out of the shell spontaneously are all metaphors that communicate historical terms regarding the Age of Enlightenment. Egg shell refers to the old-established tradition that had been lasting for a long time by the church, chickens are Europeans, the will and power of the hatched out chicken represent Scientific Revolution, and cracking out of egg refers to the Age of Enlightenment lastly. The point of the story is that Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment are very closely tied to each other. Scientific Revolution was the actual motive power of …show more content…
Scientific method, technology, and popularization of knowledge were the main 3 motivations of enlightened thinking. Even though science may seem unrelated to philosophic and ethnic idea of enlightenment, however it was highly important. All changes were started from asking a bunch of questions. “Why is it like that? Why does this exist? Is it just? How do we prove this?” Questioning and reasoning were not interruption that disrupted the already existing order. Instead, they were potential motive powers that led mankind into more creative and better