HIS109Y1 Chapter Notes -Renaissance Humanism, Scientific Revolution, Planetary System
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Science entails at least 3 things: a body of knowledge, a system of inquiry, and a community of practitioners. The scientific revolution established this method of inquiry as well as forming a society of brilliant thinkers and patrons. Science was slow to work its way into popular understanding; it did not necessarily undermine religion. One of the most decisive breaks between the middle ages and the modern world. Behind the efforts to understand the natural world lay a universal conviction that the natural world had been created by god. Renaissance humanism helped to prepare the ground for this revolution. The energies that many humanists put into translating classical texts, many of which discussed concepts of the natural world, made these ideas available to a wider audience. Ie. the humanist rediscovery of works by archimedes influenced modern scientists like. The renaissance also encouraged the collaboration of artists and intellectuals like. Leonardo da vinci who was an artist and scientist.
