How did the philosophes believe that progress could be achieved

B)Science and reason, used together, could improve people's lives.

philosophers were highly concerned with science and reason, and especially how the two were vital for progress. Classical philosophers such as Plato posited reason as fundamental for an orderly society. His student, Aristotle however argued that reason on its own is subjective and hence argued for an empirical basis in decision making, which bore the philosophy of science. fundamentally, this divided the continuum of thoughts process into idealists and realist. Scholars agree that the success of the two is heavily intertwined,