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Humanism and knowledge
Humanism
It was a cultural movement
It was based in
Scientific method
It began in the 14th century
But it was developed in the 15th and 16th centuries
It developed an anthropocentric world view
Humans were the at the centre of
All historical events
It was an individualism movement
Humans were considered
Capable to take decisions using
Intelligence
Reason
The revival of antiquity
They studied antiquity
They wanted to revise classical thinking
But making compatible with Christianity
The love of knowledge
They thought that the prestige
Was not only wealth and power
It was also the education
Other important humanists
From Florence were
Sir Thomas More
He defended the right of
The individual conscience
In his book Utopia
He described a society
Without private property
The goverment was elected democratically
English lawier and author
Erasmus of Rotterdam
He critised the Church
Reform
Individual's freedom of choice
He was born in Netherlands
Main works
Adagia
In Praise of Folly
Cardinal Cisneros
He set up the University of
Alcala de Henares
He revived the theology
The spread of Knowledge
Scientific knowledge
During the Renaissance
They tried to understand the world
They use the observation and experimentation
The aim was
To find a well-reasoned explanation
To give an empirical evidence
Astronomy
In the 16th century
Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus
Developed the heliocentric theory
That is the the Sun is the middle of all
This contradicted the geocentrical century
2nd century
In the 17th century
Galileo Galilei invented the telescope
The printing press
It was invented
By Johannes
Around 1440
It improved literacy and intellectual life
Medicine
There were these advances
The theory of pulmonary circulation of blood
The treaty of anatomy
The development of pharmacology
The microscope was invented
Geography
It was established that the Earth was spherical
Modern cartography started
In 1569 Gerardus Mercator drawn the world map
The straight lines were called
Meridians