Essay One
Throughout the course of human history science and its’ discoveries have been constantly changing and advancing, you could even say it has been evolving. From the Ancient Greeks to modern day science and the understanding of nature it provides has grown as views have changed over time. One of the most significant changes is how scientific views changed between 1600 and 1871. Scientific views changed between 1600 and 1871 as they started to become less influenced by religion, scientists having different views and methods, and the impact of exploration on science.
To start, scientific views have changed as they started to become less influenced by religion. One of the more well-known scientists to begin resisting the church control while limiting religious influences in his work was Galileo. Galileo made his discoveries by using a telescope and was determined to prove that the heliocentric model of the universe was correct, while trying to not go against and disprove the church and the teachings of the Bible (Galileo on Nature, Scripture, and Truth, pg. 391). Galileo believed that nature and the Bible could co-exist peacefully without much contradiction, but also made a point that the Bible could …show more content…
Norton, 2012), 391.
Guillaume Thomas Francois Raynal, “The Impact of the New World on Enlightenment Thinkers”, Joshua Cole, Carol Symes, Judith Coffin and Robert Stacey, Western Civilizations Volume 2 (N.Y.: W.W. Norton, 2012), 411.
Michel R. Matthews, “Aphorisms from Bacon’s Novum Organum”, Joshua Cole, Carol Symes, Judith Coffin and Robert Stacey, Western Civilizations Volume 2 (N.Y.: W.W. Norton, 2012), 394-395
Rene Descartes, “A Discourse on the Method”, Joshua Cole, Carol Symes, Judith Coffin and Robert Stacey, Western Civilizations Volume 2 (N.Y.: W.W. Norton, 2012),
Throughout the course of human history science and its’ discoveries have been constantly changing and advancing, you could even say it has been evolving. From the Ancient Greeks to modern day science and the understanding of nature it provides has grown as views have changed over time. One of the most significant changes is how scientific views changed between 1600 and 1871. Scientific views changed between 1600 and 1871 as they started to become less influenced by religion, scientists having different views and methods, and the impact of exploration on science.
To start, scientific views have changed as they started to become less influenced by religion. One of the more well-known scientists to begin resisting the church control while limiting religious influences in his work was Galileo. Galileo made his discoveries by using a telescope and was determined to prove that the heliocentric model of the universe was correct, while trying to not go against and disprove the church and the teachings of the Bible (Galileo on Nature, Scripture, and Truth, pg. 391). Galileo believed that nature and the Bible could co-exist peacefully without much contradiction, but also made a point that the Bible could …show more content…
Norton, 2012), 391.
Guillaume Thomas Francois Raynal, “The Impact of the New World on Enlightenment Thinkers”, Joshua Cole, Carol Symes, Judith Coffin and Robert Stacey, Western Civilizations Volume 2 (N.Y.: W.W. Norton, 2012), 411.
Michel R. Matthews, “Aphorisms from Bacon’s Novum Organum”, Joshua Cole, Carol Symes, Judith Coffin and Robert Stacey, Western Civilizations Volume 2 (N.Y.: W.W. Norton, 2012), 394-395
Rene Descartes, “A Discourse on the Method”, Joshua Cole, Carol Symes, Judith Coffin and Robert Stacey, Western Civilizations Volume 2 (N.Y.: W.W. Norton, 2012),