RHETOR 10 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Natural Philosophy, The Discarded Image, Martianus Capella
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The early modern period was toward the end of the middle ages and through most of the. The region that this period applies to is very small: n. africa and some parts of europe. The latin-speaking roman empire is in the north, and the greek-speaking byzantine empire is in the south. The byzantine empire long outlasts the roman empire, and it"s capital-- The literate nations of the east-- namely, the arabs and the greeks-- creates a lot of dialogue that is preserved. This course will look at authors that are confined to western europe, and later to the points spreading outward with territories that they seize. Note that many of these thinkers are religious thinkers. Although they believed science was the road to progress, they believed science would lead us to a state like eden (pure, innocent, clear, truthful) rather than further confusion. Condemned to death for impiety (teacher of) Author of dialogues still studied today (teacher of)
