The new ways of thinking developed during the scientific revolution began to extend into other areas of life beyond that or just science.Scholars and philosophers began to re-think the old ideas about religion,economics,and education.
In france,these social critics were known as 'phlisophers'.For the most part,they were not professional philosophers,but rather self-appointed who believed that it was their duty to think critically.These thinkers were optimists and believed that they lived in an exciting era of great change for humanity.