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European Baroque Culture, image, image - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Baruch Spinoza reached the conclusion that God and nature were identical
        
        all forms of reality were part of an interdependent group.
        
        This belief is known as pantheism.
      - recommended doubting all claims that had not been subjected to deep analysis
      - philosophy that reality could only be understood through reason
    - - maintained that knowledge could only be confirmed through experimental verification
      - supported by Francis Bacon and John Locke
- - - - Reflecting to find an explanation, known as hypothesis
      - Deducing what should happen in nature if this hypothesis was correct
      - Observing nature
      - Verifying this through an experiment
  - - - (the sun is centre of the solar system).
      - astronomical studies by Galileo Galilei and Johannes Kepler validated the theory
    - - Isaac Newton formulated the law of universal gravitation
      - Evangelista Torricelli invented the barometer to measure atmospheric pressure.
    - - the Cartesian coordinate system by Descartes
    - - William Harvey discovered the double circulatory system.
      - nobles and members of the rich bourgeoisie supported the creation of academies
      - monarchs who finally became the main patrons of the academies, as they realised scientific advances were important for developing their kingdoms.
- - - - tales of sad situations with bad ending to the protagonists
    - - combined both tragic and comic elements
    - - amusing tales of daily life