You'll have to look in your textbooks on this one, because I don't know this answer. Hopefully someone else can come behind me and improve this answer.
It may be that the surfeit of philosophers is a result of freedom of thought. If people are allowed to think and speak their thought, more thoughts will be shared and debated.
It is a theory, therefore it was not discovered. It was thought up by scientists and philosophers.
In the Middle Ages people thought that by denying worldly pleasures was a good thing. During the Renaissance people thought that enjoying worldly pleasures was a good thing.
The Renaissance, was a huge cultural change in the medieval world, that stemmed from Italy. After the black plague, which caused widespread death, there was a huge shift in the way people thought. One result was the emergence of humanist philosophers and artists, who led the Renaissance movement. The humanists of the Renaissance, in their artwork, literature, and philosophies placed an emphasis on individual people, which was the main theme of the Renaissance. This also led to a rebirth, of classical Greek and Roman culture, and many of the artworks of the Renaissance era had resemblances to classical artwork, such as the famous statue David.
In the Middle Ages people thought that by denying worldly pleasures was a good thing. During the Renaissance people thought that enjoying worldly pleasures was a good thing.
Confucius
In the Middle Ages people thought that by denying worldly pleasures was a good thing. During the Renaissance people thought that enjoying worldly pleasures was a good thing.
In the Middle Ages people thought that by denying worldly pleasures was a good thing. During the Renaissance people thought that enjoying worldly pleasures was a good thing.
In the Middle Ages people thought that by denying worldly pleasures was a good thing. During the Renaissance people thought that enjoying worldly pleasures was a good thing.
In the Middle Ages people thought that by denying worldly pleasures was a good thing. During the Renaissance people thought that enjoying worldly pleasures was a good thing.
In the Middle Ages people thought that by denying worldly pleasures was a good thing. During the Renaissance people thought that enjoying worldly pleasures was a good thing.
The Renaissance was the time after the Dark Ages when new forms of music, literature, drama, and art began to be seen. Renaissance means 'new birth'. These began to affect people's lives in an uplifting manner. Joy was brought into their lives again as was fresh thinking.The Reformation was a continuation of these new ideas and emotions, prompting new ways to look at Scriptures which was part of everyone's lives back then.These influenced the Enlightenment by opening the way people thought about things instead of being confined in thought per the Catholic Church at the time.For the first time, philosophers could posit a world without God controlling every aspect of life.