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HUMANISM AND KNOWLEDGE
1 HUMANISM
Humanism was a cultural movement that began in the 14th century. It developed fully in the 15th and 16th centuries, in the rich city-states of the northern part of the Italian Peninsula.
THE NORTHERN PART OF THE ITALIAN PENINSULA IN THE MID-15TH CENTURY
Humanists developed an anthropocentric world view as an alternative to the God-centred world view of medieval Christians. Humans and their intelligence became the main concerns of the humanists, although they were still devoted to the Christian faith
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SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE
During the Renaissance, thinkers and academics became interested in understanding the world that surrounded them, and the natural processes that occurred in it. They revived the scientific method used in Ancient Greece and Rome, where the study of nature was based on observation and experimentation.
ASTRONOMY
In the 16th century, Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus developed the heliocentric theory, which claimed that the Earth and all the other planets orbited the Sun. This theory contradicted the geocentric theory developed by Ptolemy in the 2nd century, which claimed that the Earth was the immobile centre of the Universe, and all other celestial bodies orbited around it.
MEDICINE
Although there was widespread opposition to clinical trials, the following advances were made:
the treaty of anatomy by Vesalius, who was born in Flanders
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