MHIS121 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Early Modern Europe, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Natural Philosophy
22 Aug 2018
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Outline: the natural philosopher as courtier. Charles ii, king of england (r. 1660-85) Paris royal academy of sciences (founded 1666) Elisabeth of bohemia, electress palatine and queen of bohemia (1618-80) Sophie charlotte, electress of brandenberg and queen of prussia (1668-1705) Cosimo ii de" medici, grand duke of tuscany (1609-21: the natural philosopher as trustworthy, the natural philosopher as gentleman. Recap: new knowledge being produced, didn"t think of themselves as directly challenging christianity, the unintended consequences was the undermining of the traditional authority of christianity, more intended consequence was the undermining of classical antiquity. Today: if what natural philosophers in 16th + 17th c were saying were undermining everything that. Sr succeeded in convincing people because the right kind of people made the right kind of arguments in the right way: science was successful in an objective way. The sr validated through social status, social and political connections etc.
