History 1401E Lecture : Enlightenment – 1660 – onwards.docx

• School: Western University
• Department: History
• Course: History 1401E
• Professor: Terry Webb

Document Summary

Had stated that the natural state of the universe is rest nothing moves unless pushed earth cannot be pushed as it to big cannot be moved spheres: looking for the authorities of the ancient, europeans thought they were gods chosen people in the center of the universe, thinkers like gallelo started thinking about stuff and understanding it was not remotely accurate in any of the thought, copernicus 1543, asked by the church to study astronomy, he came up with a rather brilliant concept he said if you make the sun the center of the universe sais the universe is heliocentric bit of a revelation, church men were not stupid church and authority refused to publish this, some copies were made and passed around to astronomers but the church the suppressed the information, galileo, heard about the copernicus theory all the way in italy heard someone in the.