Tag: natural law

Why was Science So Successful in Europe?

Posted in history of science, political institutions, property rights, social institutions

In the time between the Scientific Revolution and World War II, almost every major advance in modern science was made by scientists who were culturally European…

The Enlightenment in Britain and France

Posted in social institutions

The Enlightenment marked a change in the way that humans understood themselves. Before the Enlightenment, they were bit players under God’s direction; after the Enlightenment, they stood at center stage…