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Superstition and Science - Mystics, sceptics, truth-seekers and charlatans (Paperback)
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Superstition and Science - Mystics, sceptics, truth-seekers and charlatans (Paperback)
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'A dazzling chronicle, a bracing challenge to modernity's smug
assumptions' - Bryce Christensen, Booklist 'O what a world of
profit and delight Of power, of honour and omnipotence Is promised
to the studious artisan.' Christopher Marlowe, Dr Faustus Between
the Renaissance and the Enlightenment, Europe changed out of all
recognition. Particularly transformative was the ardent quest for
knowledge and the astounding discoveries and inventions which
resulted from it. The movement of blood round the body; the
movement of the earth round the sun; the velocity of falling
objects (and, indeed, why objects fall) - these and numerous other
mysteries had been solved by scholars in earnest pursuit of
scientia. This fascinating account of the profound changes
undergone by Europe between the Renaissance and the Enlightenment
will cover ground including folk religion and its pagan past;
Catholicism and its saintly dogma; alchemy, astrology and natural
philosophy; Islamic and Jewish traditions; and the discovery of new
countries and cultures. By the mid-seventeenth century 'science
mania' had set in; the quest for knowledge had become a pursuit of
cultured gentlemen. In 1663 The Royal Society of London for
Improving Natural Knowledge received its charter. Three years later
the French Academy of Sciences was founded. Most other European
capitals were not slow to follow suit. In 1725 we encounter the
first use of the word 'science' meaning 'a branch of study
concerned either with a connected body of demonstrated truths or
with observed facts systematically classified'. Yet, it was only
nine years since the last witch had been executed in Britain - a
reminder that, although the relationship of people to their
environment was changing profoundly, deep-rooted fears and
attitudes remained strong.
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