Even though Ancient Rome adapted to Ancient Greece laws and rules, Ancient Rome wrote in Latin to create their own literature. Satirize was used to make fun of Ancient Rome society. Roads, bridges, and tunnels were all advanced in Ancient Rome. Astronomy became large after a roman scientist named Ptolemy discovered that the earth was the center of the universe. Ancient Greece contributions helped the Western Society today.
Roman and Han dynasties had different attitudes of technology even if they were both self glorifying. The Han focused more on the technology for the good of its people meanwhile Romans focused more on scientific and mathematic advancements, looking down upon the laboring tools-related inventions that were appreciated by the Hans. Overall they had different perspectives. The Han people had a respectful appreciation for technology and it's "benefits" (Doc 3) and "efficiency" (Doc 3). The Hans had discovered the benefits of technology from as early as “early second century B.C.E” (Doc 1), understanding that it could help later develop their own nation.
This translates to “Let There Be Light” and resembles the Renaissance. The Renaissance was a transition out of the Dark Ages and into a more modern world where people began to value education and explore the possibilities of the world. Literacy rates began to rise and artists became recognized for their work. Many significant figures, such as DaVinci, emerged from this time as well. These people helped encourage others to think outside the box and question society itself.
Nate Smosh Mr. Knowles 7 December, 2012 AP European History John Locke and His Affect on American Forefathers John Locke was specifically concerned with natural law and reasoning among political society in the mid to late seventeenth century. Philosophy of natural law became well known through his writing and eventually diffused to other nations. John Locke’s ideas helped structure the revolutionary philosophy that American forefathers had in mind to become unified because it provided justification for American secession, guidance for the constitution, and an approach for people to understand each other. To begin with, the enlightenment era brought forth many intellectuals to question the tradition of thought inherited from ancient and medieval Christian worlds. One philosopher however set the snowball when he began to use mathematical rationality and the avoidance of supernaturalism to explain physics; his name was Isaac Newton.
These advancements were most likely the basis for a sudden philosophical argument: What do we truly know? People wondered whether science was really giving us knowledge of reality. The quest for the answer to this question led to the development of these two schools of philosophy. Two of the most famous philosophers of epistemology are Rene Descartes and David Hume, the former being a rationalist, and the latter an empiricist. In this paper I will attempt to give an understanding of both rationalism and empiricism, show the ideas and contributions each of the men made to their respective schools, and hopefully give my personal reasoning why one is more true than the other.
Everett Ferguson tells us that the Christian apologetics of the second century was at an intellectual level with Greek philosophers, and more attention came from the Roman society. This era was given to us by writers such as Aristides, Justin Martyr. Theophilus, and Athenagoras who gave us a rich understanding of apologetic heritage. The Apologists also argued that Hebrew Scripture was given to us earlier than Greek thought, could be interpreted from a Greek perspective, and supports the principles within the Greek history. In light of this information they were able to give us answers to questions regarding the modernism of Christianity, and give us a good understanding of the continuing diversity of the Christian movement.
Topic: Political Theory Since the beginning of humanity, humans have forever attempted to ensure their survival. In order to achieve such, humanity has constructed great and small civilizations that have flourished and vanished throughout the ages; some being powerful with great influence while others have faded away. Nonetheless all civilizations have added to the sum of great innovations and human achievements. In the unfolding of new ideologies during the Age of Enlightenment and furthermore, these ideologies have allowed society to move away from mystical and religious believes and instead be driven by reason and buoyant optimism. The men of this age such as Rousseau and later on Karl Marx have challenged the out dated philosophies and with great influence introduce new political theories.
Humanism during the Renaissance (1400-1600 CE) can be defined as the scholarly linguistic and literary movement which promoted and revered the newly reintroduced wealth of classical Roman and Greek literature, language, culture, philosophy and knowledge. This vast intellectual treasure came back to the west, first by exposure to the Islamic invasions through Sicily and Spain, then with Crusaders returning from the Islamic orient, and finally from the foundering Byzantine Roman Empire. The universities of the Italian city-states embraced and disseminated this “new” knowledge widely to the thirsty minds of the day, and in doing so begat the resulting cultural-intellectual revolution. As a renaissance humanist intellectual, Machiavelli was unique in that while he appears to have known Latin, and been extremely well versed in the philosophy, history, and literary works of classic Greco-Roman authors like Cicero; he himself did not write in Latin but primarily in Italian, in the common vernacular of the people. He disdained and satirized the pomposity and hubris of the esoteric university humanists, and instead wrote brilliantly revolutionary practical intellectual works such as “the Prince.” Machiavelli’s genius was in his ability to logically apply the lessons of the great minds of Greek and Roman antiquity combined with the practical political, military, and sociological insights of late 15th century chaotic Medici Florence, crafted into an ultimate leader’s guide to become the next Julius Caesar, Pericles, or Caesar Borgia.
The most common belief was that nature was kept going from moment to moment by miracles from God which ‘were always new and forever renewed.’ In the Renaissance period there was a new interest in the physical world. Many believed this was due to the recent geographical exploration (e.g. the discovery of America), people wanted to understand these worlds they were discovering. This in turn led to a rise in scientific discovery. However the Church still ardently preached the Aristoleian system and reinforced dependence on past authority.
ENLIGHTENMENT New technologies combined with new approaches to seek knowledge made science the backbone of the progress of civilization. Great leaps in science brought with it a new philosophical movement called the enlightenment. People started to examine things that were happening with reason and observation thus the 17th century is known the century of reason. For hundreds of years European ideas were based on religion teachings and ancient theories. Many people during the enlightenment produced new theories which in many occasions came to confront religion teachings.