Allegiance transferred from religion -> science
Uncertainty, Unrest, and the centralization of Christianity
Religious pluralism, origin of protestant religion, 'The king's great matter'
Secularism, individualism, liberation of senses!
Age of reason and intellectual exploration.
water is the single universal principal
'To comprehend the world mathematically leads to spiritual illumination''
Father of Botany and ecology, Medical qualities of herbs.
Philosophical Dualism, Transcendent entities
Laughing Philosopher, Nature as teacher, Things are composed of atoms.
'Redefinition of Property rights is imminent'
Bubonic Plague was different from the black death
'Political action should be free from moral consideration'
'Christianity is the source of our environmental attitudes and values'
Crisis is the presence of anomalies and/or contradictions. (Blaut's purpose for multiple books!)
Social Ownership is a system where land [isn't] owned, and [Neighbors] control laws affecting the community's land.
The [Renaissance] in [England] gave rise to William Shakespeare's plays modeling timeless [Human Behavior]
Copernicus presented the [geocentric] model which was the opposite of Aristotle's [later] [Heliocentric] Model
The Magna Carta of [1300] limited the arbitrary will of [King Henry] and [was] an important movement towards democracy.
The 3 Fundamental Components of Christianity are [Despotic], [Stewardship], and [Unity]
'Practice of Extracting tribute, a percentage of which is retained by the elite.'
Name the 5 most immediate proximate factors in figure 4.1.
Give the 4 proximate factors affecting the use and adopting of technology.
Name the 3 of the 4 roles of religion.
6 Arguments supporting the European Miracle? (remember? its split into 2 types, 3 in each)
Scientific Revolution
Middle Ages (Dark ages)
The Reformation
The Renaissance
The Enlightenment
Thales (625-546 BCE)
Pythagoras (570-546 BCE)
Theophrastus (372-287 BCE)
Plato (427-347 BCE)
Democritus (460-371 BCE)
Bromely's Thesis 'Rousseau's Revenge'
Cohen's Thesis
'The Prince' Niccolo Machiavelli
White's Thesis 'Historical Roots'
Kuhn's Seminal Work
False! Social ownership is a system where land [is] owned, [government] controls laws affecting the community's land.
True!
False! Copernicus presented the [Heliocentric model which was the opposite of Aristotle's [earlier] [geocentric] model.
False! The Magna Carta of [1215] limited the arbitrary will of [King John] and [was not] a movement towards democracy.
False! The 3 fundamental components of Christianity are [Dualism], [Hierarchy], and [Designed creation]
Kleptocracy
1. horses 2. guns, steel swords 3. Ocean going ships 4. Political organization and writing 5. Epidemic diseases
1. Economic advantage 2. Social Value 3. Compatibility with vested interests 4. Ease of observation
1. Understand the world 2. interact with others 3. Justify central authority 4. Motivate action
Noncultural: 1. Biological 2. Demographic 3. Environmental Cultural: 4. Rationality 5. Technology 6. Society
