Who believed it?
Only mathematics leads to certainty
Who is Rene Descartes
Roman Catholics, Lutherans, Anglicans, and Puritans share the same basic morality
Who is John Locke
Reason leads to truth
Rationalism
The best way to true knowledge is through experience
Who is John Locke
All people have the same reasoning capacity
Who is Rene Descartes
Experience leads to truth
What is empiricism
Who is Spinoza
Who is Spinoza
Observe the world around you to arrive at truth
What is empiricism
The Bible is an historical artifact rather than a revelation from God
Who is Spinoza
Man can be deceived by what he observes through his senses and experiences
Who is Rene Descartes
Limit the influence of the church for the sake of liberty
What is secularism
Renaissance ideas were weak structures built on sand
Who is Rene Descartes
Influenced by Newtons laws
Who is John Locke
Doubt everything except basic axioms (statements where there can be no doubt), then the person should reason through all issues until truth is established
What is rationalism