HIS-1400 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: John Maynard Keynes, Nicolaus Copernicus, Ptolemy

• School: App State
• Department: History
• Course: HIS-1400
• Professor: Judkin Browning

Document Summary

The enlightenment and the fostering of revolutionary thinking. Claudius ptolemy 100 a. d. greek astronomer: (cid:862)earth is the (cid:272)e(cid:374)ter of the u(cid:374)i(cid:448)erse(cid:863) (cid:894)geo(cid:272)e(cid:374)tris(cid:373)(cid:895) All heavenly bodies have perfect circular orbits around earth. Hea(cid:448)e(cid:374)s are (cid:373)ade of (cid:862)pure (cid:373)atter(cid:863) (not stuff earth is made of) the church embraces his ideas because it agrees with the genesis idea of creation it holds sway for over 1500 years. Nicolaus copernicus (1473-1543: studied the heavens, realized that the earth (cid:449)as(cid:374)"t the (cid:272)e(cid:374)ter of the u(cid:374)i(cid:448)erse, (cid:271)ut the u(cid:374) (cid:449)as (heliocentrism) Book: (cid:862)o(cid:374) the re(cid:448)olutio(cid:374)s of the hea(cid:448)e(cid:374)ly pheres(cid:863) Waits until he dies because he knows that backlash will come from the church. He is a good (cid:272)atholi(cid:272) a(cid:374)d he"s (cid:374)ot looking to start a fight: the church hates the idea, bans the book, and bans the idea, as it could lead to questioning of the faith. Ne(cid:449)to(cid:374)"s (cid:449)ork de(cid:373)o(cid:374)strated that the hea(cid:448)e(cid:374)s a(cid:374)d earth (cid:449)ere (cid:271)oth ruled (cid:271)y ratio(cid:374)al scientific laws.