what is Enlightenment? Using the information we covered this week from the Scientific Revolution and/or the Enlightenment, what was enlightenment during this period? How do you think it was defined by the people living through this period of major int
Week 6 Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment Across EuropeThe sixteenth century saw the reexamining of classical knowledge in the fields of physics, astronomy, and medicine. These new natural philosophers looked at classical figures like Aristotle, Ptolemy, and Galen, discarded the theories that did not seem to work, and tried out new ones. This created an explosion of knowledge and...
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