the same for hundreds of years. These ideas were however challenged in the years leading up to 1789 and the French Revolution by enlightened people known as Philosophes. Philosophes like Voltaire‚ Lady Mary Montagu‚ Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Galileo Galilei believed in a new meaning for natural truth and human reason. These new ideas challenged the existing social‚ political‚ and economic order determining how a country and its people operated. Before the enlightenment was a time when individuals
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In the early 1600s‚ an Italian scientist named Galileo Galilei had a brilliant idea and he used a telescope to look at the sky. And with that‚ he saw things that definitely supported Copernicus’ idea. He saw that Venus had phases like the moon‚ which would not make sense if everything really revolved around
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Katolikker omtaler bevægelsen som ”Den katolske reform”. I 1500 og 1600 tallet var der stor religiøs strid mellem katolikker og protestanter i Europa. Striden var så omfattende at den også havde indflydelse på tidens videnskabsmænd. Derfor også for Galileo Galilei‚ fordi den katolske kirke holdt skarpt øje med videnskablige opdagelser. Striden begyndte for alvor i 1517 hvor den tyske munk Martin Luther indledte et opgør med den katolske kirke. Den katolske kirke havde siden 389 været den førende religion
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In John Locke’s “The Second Treatise of Government” and Galileo Galilei’s “Science and Scripture‚” it shows both of the authors have distinct and influential views of human reason and the legitimacy of authority. Locke believes that humankind’s relationship should not have any spiritual basis or religious rule and it should rely on a government system which holds authority of a society but cannot overpower its citizens. On the contrary‚ Galilei believes that humankind’s relationship should be based
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The Baroque Period 1. The Baroque period originated in 1600 and ended in 1750 2. The Peterhof is the estate of Peter the Great‚ in St.Petersburg Russia. Bartolomeo Rastrelli models it. This building was key symbol of the era. 3. Baroque painters used various colours and deep shadows to create a rich texture this can be seen in the piece Rembrandt painted The Storm on the Sea of Galilee. 4. In the baroque period there was a intense dispute over religion. John Bunyan (1628-1688) was
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The Scientific Revolution is a period of time in history when thoughts on beliefs and thought itself were changing in social and institutional communities. This period of time is approximated to have lasted between 1550 though 1700 A.D‚ during the sixteenth and seventeenth century. There are many philosophers that come up during this period‚ and all of them made a contribution to the way we think today. Many of the ideals that came from this time are still a major part of our thought process‚ this
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orbits of other planets 1581: Galileo Galilei‚ constancy of period of pendulum 1581: Robert Norman‚ dip of compass shows that Earth is a magnet 1584: Giordano Bruno‚ suggests that stars are suns with other Earth’s in orbit 1585: Giovanni Benedetti‚ impetus theory is better than Aristotle’s physics 1585: Simon Stevin‚ law of equilibrium 1586: Simon Stevin‚ pressure in column of liquid 1586: Simon Stevin‚ verification of equality of fall rates 1589: Galileo Galilei‚ showed that objects fall at
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Speed of Light Determining the speed of light is something that has been a very long and trying process. No one scientist could determine such a thing. Galileo was the first noted scientist to attempt experimentation on the speed of light. Other famous scientist‚ such as‚ Roemer‚ Foucault‚ Fizeau‚ Michelson‚ and Einstein added their own discoveries to the collage of information gathered through the years. Every scientist performed their experiments differently based on the knowledge and ability
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when a scientist began using telescopes to prove Copernicus correct. This scientist was Galileo Galilei‚ an Italian who began using an experimental method of study to understand the heavens‚ as
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orthodox way of thought and caused such controversy for fear it would bring the fall of Florence which concluded with a bloody war for the right to question the power of the Church. The Medici brought great minds with them like Leonardo Da Vinci and Galileo Galilei. The Medici Renaissance as its own rebirth also gave the birth‚ or rather the force that pushed for the Scientific Revolution. At the early heights of the Medici Empire‚ Lorenzo De Medici‚ came on to power at the death of his father. Lorenzo
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