ECON 3R03 Lecture Notes - Jeremy Bentham, Ninety-Five Theses, Montesquieu
8 Mar 2013
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Occurs at a time at which the catholic church is in disrepute the papacy is just another sinecure. Pope no longer acts as the spiritual leader of the spiritual world. The historian ranke says of the popes of this time, even depravity may have its perfection. The renaissance marks a search for authority outside of the catholic church. Affects only a minority of the population. Christianity is not abandoned, but the church"s authority on matters that are not purely spiritual declines. Science, philosophy, art and literature are less influenced by the church - the pope was no longer in power of everything. People would no longer turn to religion for everything. People were more independent in their thoughts and their beliefs were no longer determined by the pope or church. Independence of mind knowledge, tastes and beliefs not determined by traditional authorities . The attitude that humanity is capable of mastering the world through intellect applied to many endeavours.
