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An overview of the Scientific Revolution through primary sources. Dr. Mitch Stokes begins his introduction to the Enlightenment of the 18th century with the Greek Pythagoreans and the “problem of change” and traces those issues to the Scientific Revolution. Students learn about the search for certainty that led to skepticism through the works of Galileo, Descartes, Newton, Hume, Kant, and finally Reid, as each philosopher grapples with the nature of knowledge. https://romanroadspress.com/store/early-moderns-the-enlightenment/ Reader TOC: • Emmanuel Kant, What is Enlightenment? • Galileo Galilei, The Sidereal Messenger, Letter to Benedetto Castelli, Letter to Duchess Christiana of Tuscany • René Descartes, Discourse on Method, Meditations on First Philosophy • Sir Isaac Newton, Principia – Laws of Motion and Gravity, Principia – General Scholium (Selection), Opticks – Query 28 & 31 (Selections) • David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding (Sections IV, V, XII) Thomas Reid, An Inquiry into the Human Mind on the Principles of Common Sense (selections) https://romanroadspress.com/store/the-enlightenment-reader/ #scientificrevolution #kant #reid #stokes #enlightenment #galileo #hume #descartes