MUSI 3380 Lecture Notes - Intellectualism, Industrial Revolution
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History iii: classical to romantic september 5th 2013. Age of enlightenment (18th century): new ways of thoughts regarding church and science. Power of god vs. power of the mind and the individual"s choice. The light of reason : church: there is skeptism of the motivation of the church. The people are more readily turning to science to explain the world rather than assuming god made everything exactly perfect. There is a loss in faith for the church: science: scientists and philosophers suggest that the creation of the world can be explained and rationalized. They want to quantify, organize and measure the universe. Renee descartes: i think therefore i am promoted self-awareness and the power of the individual. Isaac newton: laws of gravity and science, beginning to explain the way the world works in scientific terms. The church had used art, music, sculptures to get ideas across (the reason for the.
