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    little condition of Rembrandt’s time of painting in the period from 1643 to 1652 is one of the conundrums of his calling. Theories about what happened after he completed the Night Watch

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    Before the Scientific Revolution‚ the Bible or Greek philosophers such as Aristotle or as-tronomers like Claudius Ptolemy‚ whose ideas were sanctioned by the church‚ answered any questions regarding the natural world. In the bible it writes‚ "Mankind is the most important of God’s creations and occupies the centre of his universe." Astronomers there-fore stated that‚ "The earth is at the centre of the universe. The sun‚ the moon and the stars all move around the earth." During the scientific revolution

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    Most people would think they have a tough life or complain about every little thing‚ but they are missing the point. No one ponders about what it was like to survive before the industrial revolution. This event changed the world in many different ways. Creating such catastrophes including problems like transportation‚ child labor‚ education‚ and medicine. Many pros and cons reached the surface through this time and helped our world spin round even to this time. While you have the choice to go to

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    Twain). The Enlightenment was a period of time during the 18th century where thinkers applied the principles of reason and scientific method that helped influence society today. A wide variety of books‚ essays‚ inventions‚ scientific discoveries‚ laws‚ wars‚ and revolutions were inspired and created by the Enlightenment (history.com).There were hundreds of different philosophers who helped spread the new ideas but only two really helped ignite the American Democracy and French Revolution. The American

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    human epoch has massive implications for any human civilization and the French revolution was one such period. It would be unfair to suggest that the revolution was solely a result of economic grievances. It was a period of contrasting morals and customs. French revolution’s impact was not limited to France only. Its effect was felt throughout the continental Europe and still felt today. The revolutionary nature of this social upheaval was down to various ideas and philosophies that were germinating

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    Baroque Art‚ as a distinct style‚ emerged during the 17th century. It ran in parallel with the Scientific Revolution in Europe‚ and was a direct product of the Counter-Reformation movement of the Roman Catholic Church. The philosophy behind the style emerged in the 16th century during the Council of Trent when the Roman Catholic Church felt the need for an art form that would help reinforce its power and clarify its ideology following the Reformation. Baroque Art was created with the dual purpose

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    The Scientific Revolution simultaneously embodied continuity with medieval thinking and discontinuity from medieval scientific thinking. The Scientific Revolution brought new experimental methods which were built upon former ideas developed during medieval times. During the Scientific Revolution there was several developments which originated from medieval thinking. As Lawrence Principe stated “Four key events or movements fundamentally reshaped the world for people living in the 16th and 17th

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    Gitzen World History Ms. Peroutky Enlightenment Paper Sir Isaac Newton Sir Isaac Newton had a huge impact throughout the 17th century and the world we know today with inventions and ideas. Newton was an English physicist and a mathematician who influenced science with a key idea in scientific revolution. ¨Scientific Revolution is the concept used to explain the emergence of modern science‚¨ (History.com 1) and Sir Isaac Newton contributed to scientific revolution by formulating theories on light

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    An eminent philosopher of the Enlightenment era‚ Immanuel Kant was born of April 22‚ 1724‚ in Konigsberg‚ Prussia. He was the fourth of nine children born to Anna Regina Reuter and Johann Georg Kant. He belonged to an impoverished family‚ his father was a harness marker‚ and the family offered unquestionable allegiance to the Pietism branch of the Lutheran Church. Kant was a bright child‚ he was placed under the tutelage of a local pastor to complete his basic education‚ and later he attended the

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    The Enlightenment is a difficult phenomenon to teach or explain because it seems wispy‚ airy‚ it doesn’t have clear boundaries‚ and it is hard to catch. Essentially‚ the Englightenment was an intellectual movement where everyone started to think about everything differently than they did before. It was quite revolutionary‚ as manifested in the American Revolution. The Enlightenment‚ taking place within the eighteenth century‚ brought with it the “modern” world. In order to understand the Enlightenment

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