In the Enlightenment period, there were different views concerning life and religion. ... They believed that God had deserted us after he created the universe, hence the blatant disregard. ... In these modern times, it is just the opposite, whatever is new is considered good and what is old is considered bad. ... Science enabled us to understand the universe better by conducting research about the physical world. ... Many questions arose concerning traditional beliefs in the way the universe operated. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Aristotle's collection of work causes suspicion to the modern world, it also begs to question where is knowledge originated. ... He criticizes Pythagoras and modern science, saying they are all rooted in Egyptian science. ... The universe itself, all the world around them, was sacred in the ancient view. ... How can the universe be "ethical or moral, right or wrong"? ... Like the theory of Ma'at and her being a goddess, Marimba Ani(Ani, 1994) believes that humanity and the universe is all based on cosmonogy,she shares this view with others like Chiek Diop and they both give this reas...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The readings of Darnton, Dobbs and Jacob illuminate how social, political and religious elements were crucial to the development and spread of modern science. ... For example, Jacobs notes that the Stoic religion emphasized an "eternal cosmic cycle of birth, expansion, conflagration, contraction, and regeneration.""3 This cycle of the cosmos was later applied to the behavior of the universe and life. ... Jacob recalls how the "Aristotelian idea of a finite universe came into conflict with the Christian doctrine of divine omnipotence. ... In this instance the scientific theory of a finite u...

• Word Count: 1480
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate