Jerome observed the violent disintegration of Greco-Roman civilization. ... In 382 Jerome returned to Rome, where his reputation as a Biblical scholar grew, and where, observing the last, decadent stages of the Roman Empire, Jerome reaffirmed his commitment to monasticism and asceticism. Some biographers of Jerome have claimed that he assisted Pope Damasus, and that, in the Roman hierarchy, he was to have directly succeeded him. However, Jerome's own writings suggest that he played a less prominent role in the ecclesiastical council. ... Jerome's letters and accounts of Church contro...

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To see how the Scientific Revolution forced the world broaden its views as well as force people to look beyond the accepted social and institutional views, we can look at two figures who played major roles in it as well as how their roles affected the commonly accepted view of the world. ... With his belief in the Copernican system he attempted to challenge the Roman Catholic Church and other scientists by trying to show them proof that would force them to accepted the fact the universe is not as they believed, but instead that it was heliocentric. ... Also, we can see from the preface added ...

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Chris McCandless was one of the few who chose this type of life: to live completely off the land and test himself in ways, "that mattered," and as Krakauer's friend Roman points out, "very few, if any, of the people who call McCandless incompetent have ever done it either.... Because Krakauer shared similar qualities and experiences with McCandless, Krakauer makes conclusions of the roles that McCandless's relationship with his father and his interest in mortality played in turning McCandless to a life of unexpectedness. ...

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