The Scientific Revolution, Religion, and the Natural Laws of Politics
Write a 500-word post:
1) outlining and discussing the main ideas, events, protagonists, and developments of the Scientific Revolution in the fields of astronomy, physics, mechanics, optics, chemistry, and medicine,
2) explaining the implications of the Scientific Revolution both for religion and politics.
Your post should include:
A: a succinct but exhaustive definition of:
A.1: “scientific method”;
A.2: geocentrism;
A.3: heliocentrism;
B: a detailed explanation of how the Scientific Revolution challenged contemporary religious worldviews;
C: a detailed account of the main secular explanations for politics (i.e. Jean Bodin, Hugo Grotius, and the Natural Laws of Politics).
