Not only does this Document further prove how the Renaissance changed our view of ourselves, but it gives us a solid understanding as to who we really are and what we are like. ... Around the year 100 CE, a Roman astronomer from Alexandria, Egypt, created a theory, known as "the Geocentric Universe", that all life was centered around the earth. But about 1400 years later, a Polish astronomer, named Nicolaus Copernicus created a new theory relying on his knowledge of mathematics to develop a more modern and refined understanding of how the universe works. In Copernicus's theory, "the Heli...

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However, humanism did not focus all their attention on summarizing and comparing the views of recognized authorities on a text or question, but went directly to the sources themselves. ... Scientists began to focus on practical observation instead of religious teachings and viewed their work with renewed skepticism. ... Based on his observations with the telescope Galileo Galilei, sometimes called "the father of modern science," spoke out against the Catholic Church's belief in an each-centered universe. ...

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"It claimed that the rate of fall of an object was determined by its weight, held that matter was constructed out of four possible elements, with different matter containing different combinations of these four, and described the universe as the Greek astronomer Ptolemy had described it, as a static and finite thing in which the Earth occupied the central position, with the sun and planets in revolution and the distant stars inhabiting its farthest edges."...

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The medieval manorialism fostered illiteracy and ignorance and a very narrow view of the outside world, people did not question their place, the church, or the need to prepare for the after life. ... It is a blend of concern for the history and actions of human beings, mainly the ancient Greeks and Romans, such as, Cicero, Ceaser, and Augustine, with the belief that man was at the center of the universe. ...

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