Medieval and modern times : an introduction to the history of western Europe form the dissolution of the Roman empire to the present time . at, ifthey only used them carefully, they would not be deceived inthe conclusions they reached. In short, Descartes held that clearthoughts must be true thoughts. Descartes not only founded modern philosophy, he was also Work ofgreatly interested in science and mathematics. He was impressedby the wonderful discovery of Harvey in regard to the circulationof the blood (see below, p. 367), which he thought well illustratedwhat scientific investigation might a
Medieval and modern times : an introduction to the history of western Europe form the dissolution of the Roman empire to the present time . at, ifthey only used them carefully, they would not be deceived inthe conclusions they reached. In short, Descartes held that clearthoughts must be true thoughts. Descartes not only founded modern philosophy, he was also Work ofgreatly interested in science and mathematics. He was impressedby the wonderful discovery of Harvey in regard to the circulationof the blood (see below, p. 367), which he thought well illustratedwhat scientific investigation might accomplish. His most famousbook, called An Essay on Method, was written in French andaddressed to intelligent men who did not know Latin. He saysthat those who use their own heads are much more likely toreach the truth than those who read old Latin books. Descartes 362 Medieval and Modem Times wrote clear textbooks on algebra and that branch of mathematics known as analytical geometry, of which he was the discoverer. Francis Bacon, an English lawyer and government official, spent his spare hours explaining how men could increase their. Fig. 94. Francis Bacon FrancisBacons knowledge. He too wrote in his native tongue as well as in Latin. bacons TIT 1, 1 Nm-Atlantis 6 was the most eloquent representative of the new sciencewhich renounced authority and reUed upon experiment. Weare the ancients, he declared, not those who lived long agowhen the world was young and men ignorant. Late in lifehe wrote a little book, which he never finished, called the The Wars of Religion 363 New Atlantis. It describes an imaginaiy state which some Euro-peans were supposed to have come upon in the Pacific chief institution was a House of Solomon, a greatlaboratory for carrying on scientific investigation in the hope ofdiscovering new facts and using them for bettering the condi-tion of the inhabitants. This House of Solomon became a sortof model for the Royal Academy, which was established in
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