欧洲文化入门EuropeCulture5TheSeventeenthCenturyTheAgeofReason(1600-1699)教材教学课件.pptVIP

Europe Culture An Introduction 5;The Seventeenth Century/The Age of Reason (1600-1699) ;i)?People care about learning because of humanistic ideas (advancement of mankind). ii)?Weakening of the power of the Church due to the reformation and so ideas are freer. iii)?New theories are developed which can later on be proved c.f. Nicolaus Copernicus. iv) All of this speeds up learning and the exchange of ideas which leads to massive breakthroughs in thinking in the Seventeenth Century.? Bertrand Russell: “Almost everything that distinguishes the modern world from earlier centuries is attributable