The Nature of Rationalism. Although the new science grew apace, it was not altogether a safe vocation. Natural science involves metaphysical questions at every point. The scientist at this time, therefore, found himself…
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THE NATURAL SCIENCE PERIOD OF THE RENAISSANCE (1600–1690)5
The Philosophers of the Natural Science Period. 1. Galileo, 1564–1641, and the group of scientists. 2. Bacon, 1561–1626. 3. Hobbes, 1588–1679. 4. The Rationalists. Descartes, 1596–1650. Spinoza, 1632–1677. Leibnitz, 1646–1716. Countries other than Italy and Germany…
THE HUMANISTIC PERIOD OF THE RENAISSANCE (1453–1600)
The Long List of Representatives of the Humanistic Period. There was a revival of scholasticism,—Paulus Barbus Socinas (d. 1494), Cajetan (d. 1534), Ferrariensis (d. 1528), Melchior Cano (d. 1560), Dominicus de Soto (d. 1560), Dominicus Banez (d. 1604), John of St. Thomas…
But a deeper insight into the Renaissance shows that its revolutionary
But a deeper insight into the Renaissance shows that its revolutionary, negative, and spectacular aspect is not its whole significance. No doubt a strong, universal, and well-centralized government and a unity of…