Bristow, William, "Enlightenment", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Fall 2017 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.),https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/fall2017/entries/enlightenment/
This article is about the enlightenment and the reasoning behind it.It is split up into 3 segments, The science, the politics, and and the “aesthetics”. The first part of the article talks about Locke’s essay and how his thoughts influenced people to start questioning religion. The second part of the article talks about how since people were starting to question the church, the church’s grasp on the government loosened. The 3rd part of the article talks about the new scientific thinkings and modern philosophical beliefs that have evolved from the enlightenment. This source is reliable because it is written by someone with a PHD in philosophy and also they cite many firsthand and secondhand sources. …show more content…
The Impact of Enlightenment in Europe, U.S. History Online Textbook, http://www.ushistory.org/us/7a.asp Accessed September 14, 2017
This article is split up into multiple parts and it talks about how the enlightenment started and the impacts it has had on europe. It also briefly mentions that it wasn’t just europe that was affected but also scholars in america began reading some of the scriptures from european philosophers and how Thomas Jefferson was influenced by some of John Locke’s ideas when drafting the declaration of independance and the Constitution. Section 7.2 talks about how some people were reluctant to adopt the new progressive way of thinking. The awakening was an attempt to counter the enlightenment, extremely religious people were trying to convert people and spread the word of god. This source is reliable because of the credibility of the
This article is about the enlightenment and the reasoning behind it.It is split up into 3 segments, The science, the politics, and and the “aesthetics”. The first part of the article talks about Locke’s essay and how his thoughts influenced people to start questioning religion. The second part of the article talks about how since people were starting to question the church, the church’s grasp on the government loosened. The 3rd part of the article talks about the new scientific thinkings and modern philosophical beliefs that have evolved from the enlightenment. This source is reliable because it is written by someone with a PHD in philosophy and also they cite many firsthand and secondhand sources. …show more content…
The Impact of Enlightenment in Europe, U.S. History Online Textbook, http://www.ushistory.org/us/7a.asp Accessed September 14, 2017
This article is split up into multiple parts and it talks about how the enlightenment started and the impacts it has had on europe. It also briefly mentions that it wasn’t just europe that was affected but also scholars in america began reading some of the scriptures from european philosophers and how Thomas Jefferson was influenced by some of John Locke’s ideas when drafting the declaration of independance and the Constitution. Section 7.2 talks about how some people were reluctant to adopt the new progressive way of thinking. The awakening was an attempt to counter the enlightenment, extremely religious people were trying to convert people and spread the word of god. This source is reliable because of the credibility of the