Following the Enlightenment's ideas, the reformers looked to the Scientific Revolution and industrial progress to solve the social problems which arose with the Industrial Revolution. Newton's natural philosophy combined a mathematics of axiomatic proof with the mechanics of physical observation, yielding a coherent system of verifiable predictions and replacing a previous <answer>reliance on revelation and inspired truth.</answer> Applied to public life, this approach yielded several successful campaigns for changes in social policy.
What did Newton's Nataural philosophy replace?
reliance on revelation and inspired truth.