Enlightenment and Puritans

Enlightenment, also known as the age of reason, was the era of the entire 18th century society, religion, and political revolution that changed human thoughts during this "waking up" period. This is the liberation of ignorant thoughts, thoughts and actions, and as these thoughts, thoughts and actions have been separated from ignorance of how to maintain and adhere to society, there is little room for new ideas about the world. The Puritan society has discovered that these new ideas are fundamentally radical compared to what they think are strong reasonable religious and moral beliefs.

Enlightenment, transcendence, and theology of Puritan: Three phases of the 3 rd century have been formed in the United States. Each philosophical period overlaps with another philosophical period, so all three have similarities and differences. Due to the emergence of these philosophies, different writers have different views and formed American prose. One of the main enlighteners is Thomas Paine. Thomas Paine wrote an article called "The Age of Reason". In this article, he completely contains the ideology of enlightenment. Include these

Roughly speaking, the American philosophy of the 18th century can be divided into two parts The first half is still influenced by Puritan's Calvinism The second half is more direct along the European Enlightenmentism, the founder It is related to political philosophy. (Eg, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, etc.). The most important thinker of American philosophy in the first half of the 18th century was Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758). Often related to a hot speech of preaching such as "sinners in the hands of angry gods" and "the great awakening of the religious resurrectors of the 1740s", Edwards is a member of Calvinist theology and emerging Newton science I refined and assimilated both. View of the world

It can be said that Benjamin Franklin is the greatest example of American enlightenment. Franklin is a child of Boston's inconspicuous Puritan family, with little formal education, but has become a pioneer in publishing, science and diplomacy. Prior to the American Revolutionary War, it was an outstanding American in the "Republic" across the Atlantic Ocean. At first glance, Franklin's religion also seems to be consistent with the pattern of educational secularism. As in his teens, as he told us in his autobiography, Franklin accepted skepticism of Christianity and made him "a complete deity". But in his adult life, Franklin showed signs of long lasting influence on his parents' beliefs. He will never accept all the teachings of traditional Christian faith, but the framework of this belief, rhetoric, even even customs has had a strong influence on him.