18th-Century Thought
The Enlightenment Isaac Newton John Locke
Augustan Age
English Intellectual Doldrums Science (Royal Society) Education
Scottish Enlightenment Joseph Black –Chemistry Adam Smith –Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations David Hume –Philosophical Skeptic
Encyclopedia Britannica
Religion Deism Latitudinarianism Methodism
Deism God as watchmaker No interference No formal religion Axioms: –There is a God –Vice punished, virtue rewarded (later)
Latitudinarianism Tolerance Doctrines defended on human reason Religious “enthusiasm” bad Downplayed miracles
Methodism Anglicans until 1790s Encouraged Enthusiasm Emotion before reason John Wesley