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Boyle |
very religious man who contributed much to the study of chemistry and other sciences. |
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Medieval world view |
The study of nature took a backseat to the study of the scriptures, while religious authority had much to say about the common going ons of man, it had little to say about nature. |
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religion and natural world |
Christianity did not however shun the studies of the natural world, both Thomas Aquinas and Dante Alighieri praised the intellect. |
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non-western contributions |
Muslim breakthroughs in algebra and geometry and Chinese breakthroughs in technology were adopted by christian westerners. Though westerners were eager to explore gods creation, they never changed their overall theological worldview, which led to problems during the scientific revolution. |
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Church adopting Aristotelean teachings |
Aristotle taught that every object moved because it had a telos, or purpose. The earth was the center of the universe and everything beyond the moon, or in the superlunary space was unknowable and acted according to separate laws. |
