Isaac Newton and John Locke
A)created two antagonistic religious systems of thought.
B)provided inspiration for the Enlightenment by arguing that through rational reasoning and the acquisition of knowledge one could discover natural laws governing all aspects of human society.
C)claimed that mathematics and science would bring about the cure for the evils of society but only very slowly.
D)said the philosophes were the prophets of the future and that their rejection of the Scientific Revolution was justified.
E)had little influence on the later Enlightenment as they were perceived to be figures of the "old" seventeenth century.

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Isaac Newton and John Locke are considered to be two of the most important figures of the Enlightenment. They laid the foundation for the Enlightenment by arguing that reason and knowledge could be used to discover natural laws that governed all aspects of human society. They believed that the scientific method could be applied to social and political problems, and that this would lead to progress and improvement. Their ideas were influential in the development of Enlightenment philosophy and the spread of the idea that reason and progress were essential to human flourishing.