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Nov 28, 2017
The Enlightenment ideas caused the adoption of a naturalistic world view during the eighteenth century.
Explanation:
The world view of the French Enlightenment was material realism. The beliefs of the French Enlightenment was that only matter and energy really existed. The impact of the Enlightenment on science was that only naturalistic explanations could be accepted. In society man and the government were the only viable solutions to the problems of the world. People were regarded as naturally good.
Franklin and others who promoted the ideals of the Enlightenment changed the prevailing world view of Europe and America. The new world view was that of naturalism, material realism and the basic goodness of human nature.
