Summary Week 5 Why not Enlighten us Enlightenment.docx HIST 270 Why not Enlighten us? American Military University / American Public University System HIST 270: History of Science Why not Enlighten us? Well, if people did not enlighten themselves interna

Week 5 Why not Enlighten us E HIST 270 Why not Enlighten us? American Military University / American Public University System HIST 270: History of Science Why not Enlighten us? Well, if people did not enlighten themselves internally, someone must do it externally. For my era that I think that had the biggest impact through science and intellectual achievement I have chosen the Enlightenment. I believe that this era had the biggest impact because not only did it progress in the sense of actual creation in the science, but it also pushed forwards new ways of thinking. Just as Kuhn said later in life with his thesis œincommensurability thesis . Even if two things are alike, as time passes, we must view them differently because a new and evolved way may have been produced. Therefore, I think that the Enlightenment had the biggest impact on science modernization and intellectual progress. In my honest opinion