appealing to reason as a source of knowledge or justification. The history of Modern Rationalism is very interesting to study, it was first introduced by Rene Descartes, Descartes was a very good mathematician, can be considered as expert mathematician because he is the founder of analytical geometry, a mathematic theory which synthesize Algebra and Geometry, He is also a physicist, as well as a philosopher. Born at 1596, about 50 years after the publication of Copernicus’ De revolutionibus orbium coelestium
The Scientific Revolution In the early modern era from 1550 to 1750, there was an emergence of advancements in mathematics, physics, astronomy, and other aspects of modern science. The focus of society’s brightest, such as artists and philosophers, shifted from the humanistic ideals of the Renaissance to the empirical elements of the Scientific Revolution. Artist-scientists began to explore the quirks of the natural world. The collective ambition to control nature through practical knowledge
For which reasons did Martin Luther and other reformers contest the power and authority of the Catholic Church? There were quite a few matters that led to the ultimate rebellion against the Church and consequent reformation in the 16th century. The Roman Catholic Church had come to dominate religious life by the tenth century in Northern and Western Europe. Many people began criticizing the Church and it’s practices over the centuries long before the reformation began, however development of the