Toward a New Heaven and a New Earth: The Scientific Revolution of the 17th and 18th Centuries
"Cogito, Ergo Sum. (I think, therefore I am.)"
- René Déscartes
"Cogito, Ergo Sum. (I think, therefore I am.)"
- René Déscartes
CHAPTER 16: TOWARD A NEW HEAVEN AND A NEW EARTH: THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION OF THE 17TH AND 18TH CENTURIES
This chapter focuses on the Scientific Revolution, which began in the 16th century in the wake of the Age of Religious Wars and the destruction of the Thirty Years War, as well as the witch hunts of the 1600's. It is interesting that despite the prevalence of religious superstition and intolerance, scientific thought emerged and gained massive momentum. We will look at how Europeans' knowledge of the world began to change after the birth of new scientific and mathematical ideas and advances, namely under the great minds of Copernicus, Galileo, Isaac Newton, Francis Bacon, and Rene Descartes. Interestingly, at the same time that Europe was starting to embrace reason and logic to understand the universe, the great witch hunts of Europe took place, in which thousands of people, mainly women, were tortured and executed as suspected witches.
This chapter focuses on the Scientific Revolution, which began in the 16th century in the wake of the Age of Religious Wars and the destruction of the Thirty Years War, as well as the witch hunts of the 1600's. It is interesting that despite the prevalence of religious superstition and intolerance, scientific thought emerged and gained massive momentum. We will look at how Europeans' knowledge of the world began to change after the birth of new scientific and mathematical ideas and advances, namely under the great minds of Copernicus, Galileo, Isaac Newton, Francis Bacon, and Rene Descartes. Interestingly, at the same time that Europe was starting to embrace reason and logic to understand the universe, the great witch hunts of Europe took place, in which thousands of people, mainly women, were tortured and executed as suspected witches.
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