Intellectual Change
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- Intellectual Change
- Hobbes; Locke and the Royal Society
- Hobbes
- Leviathon
- Natural Order Vs. Social Contract
- PRO-monarchy
- Locke
- liberal left wing
- we must protect our natural rights
- ANTI-despot
- The Royal Society
- supported by Charles
- granted Royal charter in 1662
- published work and shared information
- est. 1660
- encouraged international discussion
- published work and shared information
- supported figures like Bacon and Newton
- Francis Bacon
- scientific method
- accumulate as much data as possible
- reject any preconcieved theories
- emphasis on observation
- philosophy, law, politics
- Influenced the founding of the royal society
- The Royal Society
- supported by Charles
- granted Royal charter in 1662
- est. 1660
- encouraged international discussion
- supported figures like Bacon and Newton
- Francis Bacon
- scientific method
- accumulate as much data as possible
- reject any preconcieved theories
- emphasis on observation
- philosophy, law, politics
- Influenced the founding of the royal society
- some people adopted his method when looking at religious matters
- scientific method
- Isaac Newton
- calculus, classical mechanics, gravity laws of motion
- astronomy, mathematics and physics
- president of the RS from 1703 until his death
- "Philosophia Naturalis Principia Mathematica"
- Francis Bacon
- supported by Charles
- The Royal Society
- some people adopted his method when looking at religious matters
- scientific method
- Isaac Newton
- calculus, classical mechanics, gravity laws of motion
- astronomy, mathematics and physics
- president of the RS from 1703 until his death
- "Philosophia Naturalis Principia Mathematica"
- Francis Bacon
- supported by Charles
- Hobbes
- Levellers, Diggers and Ranters
- Levellers
- religious equality
- and equality before the law
- abolish the House of Lords
- universal male suffrage
- leaders in the army known as agitators
- wanted a new constitution
- "An Agreement of the People" 1647-9
- wanted a reformed legal system
- did not support suffrage for women, servants or people recieving poor relief
- Successful?
- leaders imprisoned in 1649
- crushed by the Rump Parliament
- influence was not widespread post 1647
- success limited by internal disparity (particularly between leaders)
- not supported by th rural poor
- lack of national support
- religious equality
- Diggers
- food for the poor grown on common land
- common ownership of the means of production
- compulsory education for boys and girls
- abolition of the monarchy and the House of Lords
- Weybridge Commune: 1649, lasted 4 months
- Ranters
- sins = sacraments
- those predestined to be saved by God are incapable of sin
- appeared in London in 1650
- by 1651 their leaders were in prison
- their practices were banned by the 1650 Blasphemy Act
- by 1651 their leaders were in prison
- all our sources were written by their enemies
- fear of the Ranters allowed the Rump to pass Acts limiting religious freedom
- their practices were banned by the 1650 Blasphemy Act
- Levellers
- End of Divine Right and the Confessional State
- 1625: confessional state
- 1688: not a confessional state
- most non-conformists rejected the denomination being enforced, not the idea of a con. state
- 1640: war allowed some to seek alternatives to the CofE
- many of the radcical groups pushed for an end to divine right
- this led to debate over the confessional state
- 1660: confessional state restored
- but this just led to more debate
- and this debate led to the est. of the secular state (much later)
- but this just led to more debate
- James II had tried to est. a political model based on a secular state but it did NOT work
- even the opinions of the clergy shifted:
- 'god should not have a role in civil government'
- 'no single individual could claim to rule by divine right because God never intended it
- Hobbes; Locke and the Royal Society
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