History 2403E Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Catholic Church, Protestantism, Martin Luther

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Europe c. 1500: an overview & concepts of space. In terms of organization, construction and their place within in when thinking of themselves. Ancient model of organization passed down from the roman world until the 16thc: distance. Crystaline spheres labelled by victorian thinkers: wooden russian dolls metaphor (smaller within little ones) Aristotle: ptolemy"s thinking based on his understanding aristotle"s astronomy and how. Aristotle described the universe: a: heathier things fell while lighter things tend to rise, ex. Fire: wood, fire and smoke: this forms the heart of ptolemy"s view of the entire universe. Must be a prime mover who constructed this whole system: earth: most material, outer rings: less material, world of perfect spirit. This view is shared into the medieval period and into the modern era. Earth: a material flexible world leading outwards towards a perfect spiritual world. Natural world, the world of living things.

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