“Whatever appears as a motion of the sun is really due rather to the motion of the earth.” – Nicolaus Copernicus “Following the light of the sun, we left the Old World.” – Christopher Columbus A CRASH COURSE IN WESTERN PHILOSOPHY: LESSON 3 The leap that occurred in human consciousness from the time known as The Middle […]
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March
02
From the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment
posted by Jeff Carreira
The leap that occurred in human consciousness from the time known as The Middle Ages to the Age of Enlightenment is nothing short of miraculous. Imagine being alive during The Middle Ages. Your entire understanding of the world was made up almost exclusively of a combination of Christian Doctrine and superstition. From a modern point […]
