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Sir Isaac Newton //By Amanda Countryman//

Sir Isaac Newton was born in Lincolnshire England the same day that Galileo died, December 25, 1642, and like Galileo would forever be remembered in history as a revolutionary thinker. Newton was on the starting lines of the enlightenment and the leader of the scientific revolution. His greatest theories, gravity and how it related to the planets challenged the church and what they were telling people in every way. His first objection to the church came when King James II attempted to make all collages catholic. Many objections followed as he began to stand up against the church saying about their methods and the methods of the times that “We build too many walls and not enough bridges” (Newton). Isaac Newton believed that all deserved an education and that there shouldn’t be so many “walls” between the classes of people. He wanted people to be connected, not separated, and he didn’t want the church clergy to be the only people allowed to live a good life. Isaac’s new idea started the scientific revolution and influenced many during the enlightenment, making him one of the biggest influences of his time.

Hall, Alfred. "Isaac Newton's Life." //Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences//. 1998. 7 Aug 2009 .


 * Voltaire



//By Jordan Dansdill//

Voltaire was one of the biggest Enlightenment thinkers during the Enlightenment Era. “Voltaire is remembered as a crusader against tyranny and bigotry” (Liukkonen). As stated Voltaire in his time pretty much thought that everyone should have their own freedom for their own thought and disagreed with inequality like most of the Enlightenment thinkers of France. In several of his writings he would talk about how everyone was equal and how the church was completely wrong its way of thinking. He felt that people deserved an education and that it wasn’t necessary to be under the church to have one. He questioned the church’s beliefs on “God” and whether if he was real and he found that the church was unable to answer that question. In life Voltaire was an anticlerical, so of course he wouldn’t agree with the church on just about anything. Voltaire if anything, was one of the first free thinkers to challenge the church. //Liukkonen, Petri. 2008. Voltaire. 6 August 2009 // ||