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Sir Isaac Newton Sir Isaac Newton was born in year of 1642 and died in 1727 and is well known for his theories revolving around nature, the universe and gravity. He was sometimes called a leader of the Enlightenment era. Lord Keynes of The Royal Society’s Tercentenary Celebrations said “His deepest instincts were occult, esoteric, semantic -- with profound shrinking from the world...a wrapt, consecrated solitary, pursuing his studies by intense introspection, with a mental endurance perhaps never equalled. He attempted to discover the secrets of the universe in apocalyptic writings like the Book of Revelations or in occult interpretations of the measurements of Solomon's temple.” Newton while he deeply believed in the bible he did not take the Churches science unless no one could demonstrate. He believed that since God created both the Earth and Universe would make them run one the same mechanistic system even when people thought they didn’t. He has been said to have inspired an controversy that has lasted till today. He opened the doors of the Enlightenment along with others.

“The Age of Enlightenment.” 8 August, 2009 [] Voltaire Francois Marie Arouet was born in 1694 and is called one of Frances greatest writes and philosophers but had the pen of Voltaire. A man who has researched his life stated that “Voltaire is remembered as a crusader against tyranny and bigotry”. Voltaire largely disagreed with the church at the time the Pope Benedict XIV said he enjoyed reading work. He spoke out against the Church so much he was exiled time after time. He believed that the Doctrines about the Holy Trinity and the Incarnation were nothing but nonsense. Even though he spoke for religious and social tolerance but it is well known his hatred for the Jews and a play that made the founder of Islam a greedy power hungry man was not well received by the Church. The church believed that his true target was the Christian Church. In his later years he wrote many anti church essays and doctrines.

Petri Liukkonen (author) & Ari Pesonen. Kuusankosken kaupunginkirjasto 2008 []