Renaissance + Reformation
Birth
of humanism – importance of individual. “Go to the source.” Many technical
advancements made: compass, guns and the printing press. Now, a monetary
economy existed.
Man
is considered valuable. Not only are we human, but each human is
unique.(Individualism) Man did NOT purely exist for God’s sake. Pantheism is
the belief that God is present in everything.
A
new approach to science emerged: investigate with your senses(empirical) and
run experiments.
New
World View from Copernicus(1543) & the telescope, followed by Galileo:
inertia, gravity. Kepler – path of planets; Newton – Universal Law of
Gravitation; Now a personal relationship with god was more important.
Reformation
– Luther wanted to do away with Church dogmas like indulgences for God’s
forgiveness. Thought everyone should read the Bible and be their own priest.
Baroque
Pearl
of irregular shape, carpedium & vanity. Gave birth to modern theatre.
Reminiscent of Plato – both here&now and celestial. Two viewpoints –
idealism & materialism. Hobbes was a materialist. Newton had a mechanistic
world view. Laplace believed in determinism through science. Leibnitz –
believed that material can always be broken up while the soul can not be.
