John Locke and "The Enlightenment"

John Locke had a heavy influence in democracy when it came to Thomas Jefferson writing the constitution. The rights of all men that Jefferson was talking about was that we all have a right to be free and happy and that we should never as free men (and Women) have to deal with a corrupt power or government, that since government gets their power from the governed (us) we as free people have the right to over throw them so to speak.

Copernicus and the trial of Galileo

The geocentric theory of the solar system was the belief that the earth was the center of the universe. Do to the studies of thinkers like Copernicus and Galileo we now have the Heliocentric theory which was the belief that the sun was at the center of the universe instead of the earth and all the other planets revolved around it. Geocentrism was the first theory and it was based on the Bible and the thoughts of the Catholic church. Heliocentism on the other hand was borne from the scientific revolution.

The trial of Galileo was one many realize now was a bit harsh. The Catholic Church put Galileo on trial following the publication of his book in 1632 for agreeing with Copernicus's theory of Heliocentrism which was the belief that the sun was the center of the universe which angered the church who believed in Geocentrism which was the belief that the earth was the center of the universe. This caused a big controversy but in the end Galileo was sentenced to life of house arrest and not until recently have the church admitted to the error of the ruling

The Scientific Revolution

The Scientific Revolution was a period in time that brought about a new way of thinking that challenged the theory's of ancient Greek philosophers such as Aristotle who's philosophy's had been followed for hundreds of years. The scientific method was used to test theory's, it was a four step process. 1. State the problem or theory, 2. create a hypothesis, 3. use hypothesis to predict new observations, 4. preform the several experiments to test your predictions. Galileo used this method to test Aristotle's theory that heavy objects fell faster then lighter ones which was proven false by the use of the scientific method.

creation vs evolution

The theory of creation is the religious belief that earth, the stars and the universe were made by one sole all powerful being (in most cultures this deity is known as god). The theory of creation derived from the old testament which is part of the holy Scriptures also known as the bible.This belief was a large parts of peoples lives during the dark ages which gave the church power over how and what people thought.Which made it hard for individual thinkers to voice their scientific opinion if it didn't agree with the holy church.

Darwin's theory of evolution was the thought that all life had a common ancestor. Darwin also thought that complex organisms had evolved from more simplistic life forms, the idea was that as a life form evolves over time the advancements that aid survival are passed down to future generations where as the life form from the same species who didn't evolve would die out. This was called natural selection. Darwin's theory of natural selection is an occurrence that happens lowly over time to preserve the survival of a species.

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