All scientific or philosophical studies were supervised by, and in most cases produced by the Church. These alleged explanations of the world and everything it contained were produced by Biblical studies and the Aristotelian system, which became standard Church doctrine. ... Propelled by geographical explorations, artists and thinkers began to find new specimens of study and yearned to know and portray reality. ... "These scientific observers were surprised to find that their conclusions did not always match up with the accepted truths, and this finding inspired others to delve further into...

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