POG 235 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Geocentric Model, Renaissance Humanism
6 Dec 2017
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Niccolo machiavelli (1459-1527) rebirth-renaissance and italian city states. In the ancient world man is the measure of all things, human kinds is the centre of thinking philosophical the 14th european renaissance. During the christian domination is hegemonic that people opposed or referred it as pagan. New humanism: secularism and rationalism vs religion and church power. The life of the intellect and reason vs religion and the domination of church power that are being challenged new ways. Using the language of christianity and idioms can have the effect of undermining the beliefs. The idea alone of independency starts to challenge the historical. Theorizes posits holocentric vs ancient ptolemaic system of planetary motion. Commercial urban elites ruling over craft guilds and property less labourers. Renaissance humanism flourishes at moment of city-state decline when the sun is beginning to set. One principle reason of paradox that the city states are doomed.
