The following question refers to the topic of the Enlightenment Which of the following best explains why Enlightenment thinkers were interested in applying principles from the natural sciences to the interpretation and improvement of social and political institutions?
Advances in the natural sciences were increasingly supported by royal patronage of scientific societies and individual researchers
B) Religious authorities sometimes opposed the spread of new theories in the natural sciences.
C Many of the most eminent natural scientists came from the same social backgrounds as Enlightenment political thinkers.
D
Natural scientists had developed predictive laws and rigorous methods for understanding natural phenomena.