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12/06/2011

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Term
Renaissance art changes
Definition
Realism, naturalism, secular teme, social function
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Mother/Child
Definition
Focus attention on meaning of christianity
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Fra Angelico- angel and archs
Definition
depth, natural 3D, trees, greek and roman architecture
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inside chapel
Definition
elaborate display of wealth of church, frescoes
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baptism
Definition
fear has emotion, biblical story with human touch
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expulsion from garden
Definition
shame, see emotion
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hitting jesus
Definition
jesus is not forefront, display social function, contemporary place
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mary and dead son
Definition
human interaction
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Signoria
Definition
Florentine republic, council that made decisions and ruled
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Gonfalonier
Definition
Florentine republic, elected by guild to choose council
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Medici's
Definition
Destroyed republic, taken down by pope, came back into power, promoted the arts, had oligarchy
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Botticelli
Definition
painted the Medicis
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Pazzi Conspiracy
Definition
Pope Sixtus tries to take down the Medici, Lorenzo is excommunicated
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Primavera
Definition
Painting with a three part story
Venus in garden with son cupid and husband mercury
Nymph Chloris is carried off and transformed into Flora, two other figures show he before maturity
Medici- gift for marriage, love leads to happy and fruitful marraige
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Pallas and Centaur
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Woman seen as dominant
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Venus and Mars
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Love conquers war
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Platonic Academy
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Cosimo keeps Plato's work and Lorenzo founds academy and oration of dignity published but panned
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Oration
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Pico
retell relation between God and People
Erases corruption and fall and original sin
Scale of existence, people in middle, have ability to move up or down
We may be what we want
Ascent to God-- sensation, reason, intellect (divine contemplation), Peace with God
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Cabala
Definition
True esoteric meaning of divine law
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Savonarola
Definition
Gets mad about Florence's decadence, divine retribution, salvation through faith, says Pope is corupt
Suggest republic under religious law
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Soderini
Definition
puts republic back, employs Machiavelli again
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Prince
Definition
princep, absolute authority, word is law (inherit, seize or given)
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Republic
Definition
free citizens, self-govern, hobbes, machiavelli
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Tyrant
Definition
illegitimate, own interests
Hobbes vs Machiavelli
Hobbes does not distinguish
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Prince divine right
Definition
Traditional view- rule by god's grace, virtuous, compassionate, faithful pious etc
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Machiavelli's view of Prince's role
Definition
reject idea that prince is exemplar of morals, no divine right, be practical
Need luck and prowess
Cesare cut a guy in half but people loved him
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Prowess
Definition
- flexible in face of fortune, has foresight, acts when necessary
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Fortune
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Subdue fortune, like violent river
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Glory
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won through prowess and fortune, not through killing, betrayal, treachery etc
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Appearance
Definition
MAchiavelli emphasized appearance, what the people see you as
matters more than honesty or piety
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Cesare Borgia
Definition
Was rejected by fortune, was hated by many, lost power after death of father, lots of prowess!!!!
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Ferdinand of Aragon
Definition
was able to unite spain
was weak then rose to unite spain, Great compaignes, demonstrations

Unify Aragon and Castille with Isabella
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Inquisition
Definition
common hatred of muslims, rally against others, jews are expelled
Intended to ensure that the poeple who converted also practiced
root out marranos, expose heresy
Holy War!
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Machiavelli complaints about italy
Definition
still have foregin armies
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Anti-semitism
Definition
Jews badge of shame, blamed for plague, usery
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conversos
Definition
those who were converted to christianity
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marranos
Definition
those who still practiced judaism secretly
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Ferdinand- national identity
Definition
Ferdinand appealed to idea of national identity, holy war, idea of pure of blood
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Roman Catholic church and new world
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Stress conversion
Pope= spiritual and temporal power claim
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Reasons columbus set sail
Definition
glory, money and religion
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Machiavelli view on spain
Definition
Strengthen state through religion-inquisition, dynastic mariages, and conquests in new world
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Columbus' view on natives
Definition
natives are human, very comely, childlike, can be made christians
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Vespucci's view on natives
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stresses innocence and naturalness, sees violence and slavery as only outcome
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encomienda
Definition
serfdom
las casas tried to end,
work for protection even though they are already subjects of the corwn
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Requerimeneinto
Definition
Read allowed, compel allegiance, no opportunity for decision, cannot understand
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Las casas- just war
Definition
the natives are allowed to enter war
A just war is in defense not aggression
" if we act unjustly, we violate the principles of natural law, and we should expect divine retribution”
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Haywaine Panels
Definition
expulsion of adam and eve
struggles of christianity, animals suggest things gone wrong
hell
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Other Haywaine Panels
Definition
Paradise, garden of earthly delights, diff color skin, hell- animals possessed
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Durer
Definition
famous, versatile, 2-D, sin is dominating feature
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Paumgartner
Definition
Durer- commissioned by brothers, brothers on outside, nativity on inside
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Durer self portrait
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very serious, model of Jesus, identify self with suffering of Christ
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Erasmus background
Definition
illegitimate son of monk, educated, brought up by bishop
found instruction worthless, travel as teacher
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Scholar and pious
Definition
Erasmus believed that one can be scholarly and pious but cannot arrive at understanding of god, cannot know everything
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Erasmus on Peace
Definition
Peace is the natural state
Christ is prince of Peace
No wars on religion, no conversion by sword, peace is worth sacrificing for, kings must be peacemakers
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Luther background
Definition
son of miner, university, catholic priest but hated corruption
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Luther view on church
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hated corruption, hated decor of sistine chapel, beauty in art do not redeem
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Erasmus view on church
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current christians and pope are worst offenders of peace
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Luther- natural state
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Humans are naturally overwhelmed with sin being good does not suffice, need Jesus
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An appeal to the ruling class
Definition
Luther
exactly where he thinks the church went down
Perhaps I owe God and the world another act of folly
Rally Charles V to break from pope, tells German princes that they can be independent of pope
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Luther- Faith
Definition
true faith is given by god
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Erasmus vs Luther
Definition
Luther - preacher ready to fight church
Erasmus- travels, cosmopolitan, outward looking, wants peace
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95 theses
Definition
in response to indulgences, opposition to catholic doctrine, absolution is granted only by God, the church has no power after death!!
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The three walls
Definition
Appeal to german authority (an appeal to the ruling class)
o attack institutional structure of catholic church
o it had been able to defend its position over everything through 3 walls

First wall: secular given no authority over spiritual
THERE SHOULD BE NO SEPARATE CLASSES, priests are just office bearers
Second wall: no one can intepret
WE ARE ALL PRIESTS
Third wall: only pope can call council
NO SCRIPTURAL AUTHORITY
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Edict of Worms
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Declare Luther an outlaw and heretic, banning his writings
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Frederick the Wise
Definition
seize luther, has him translate bible to german
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Freedom of the Will
Definition
Erasmus- model Christian life centered on peace and charity, defends free choice, can aim for salvation
No need to debate
Freedom of the will makes us responsible for our actions, and liable to divine reward or punishment based how we employ our freedom. The guilt of sin thus falls squarely on human shoulders.
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Bondage of the will
Definition
Certainty is essential for a christian
Man has no free will, is a captive, prisoner
Freedom of the will threatens the omniscience and omnipotence of God. How can we have the freedom to act in a way that is not foreknown and predetermined by God?
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Pelagian Heresy
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Human beings can overcome the stain of sin and reach salvation through their own will
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Orthdox position on salvation
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can achieve salvation only through grace of god with help of Jesus
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Sole Fide
Definition
By faith alone, we come to God by faith not reason, no ability to fathom his omnipotence
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Sole Scripture
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God's will is revealed in scripture which we understand through faith
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Sole Gratia
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No human merits salvation, we dont have free choice, cannot earn salvation, Gods grace only
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anabaptists
Definition
want to put church and government contrary to Luther's view
attempt to govern wittenburg
reject infant baptism
claim inspiration by holy spirit
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Luther- 2 freedoms
Definition
against freedom of the will
for political freedom- worship according to their faith/conscience
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The Church of England- created
Definition
Act of Succession- Nulls Henrys first marriage
Act of Supremacy- henry is head of church, nullify popes authority
Act of Treason: cannot say king is tyrant or heretic
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Sir Thomas More
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Disagrees with Henry's church of england acts
Beheaded for treason
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Henry's six wives
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wanted a son
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Mary as ruler of england
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She restores Roman Catholicism
Protestants burned at stake, she dies
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Elizabeth as ruler of England
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reestablishes Church of England, back and forth, creates conflict
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Events leading up to essays
Definition
Montaignes close friend, father and brother die
now has responsibility over the lives of others
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On Idleness
Definition
Mind bolted off
Pretense on honesty, not all figured out, scattered minded
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Montaigne's place in society
Definition
Very respected, two terms as mayor, moderate influence between catholics and protestants
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Meaning of Essay
Definition
To test, examine, or try, he is the subject of his book
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What can be known - Montaigne
Definition
No one can have a claim to knowledge about God, world, good and evil
o the learned one has the right to tell othors what they ought to believe when it is about math and science… but not religion
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On repenting
Definition
selt knowledge is beginning of all knowledge
mutability and variability will be there
There are no simple certainties
Patterns in life can be discovered
One must accept life, be content
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On Cannibols
Definition
Tolerance of those difference than ourselves

We are apt to judge barbarous and savage
whatever is different from ourselves
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Nature Vs Convention
Definition
Nature is the natural order of things, the way things should be, natural law...what makes something natural law, is there a universal principal of right and wrong
Convention- what a society does, custom or law, people act differently without either being wrong
people follow laws but not necessarily believe them to be correct
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Shakespeare vs Montaigne
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Question of identity
Diversity of human life and patterns
both avoid religion?
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Montaigne on religion
Definition
religious practices must be protected by the state, diversity in beliefs, state is umbrella
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Queen Elizabeth
Definition
Unmarried but brilliantly and ruthlessly controls others
England defeats spanish
"I have the heart and stomach of a queen"
Robert Devereux fails one of her tasks in ireland, he resists the Queen and is beheaded
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Kings as Gods (Shakespeare)
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Kings have paternal authority, power over life and death of kids, power to direct all members,
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London Theater- role
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Dangerous for authority, share public opinion, subject to censorship, Shakespeare does not challenge status quo
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Shakespeare's aims in plays
Definition
Entertainment, address issues, conflict of values, psychological conflict
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Fool
Definition
Identity of being a nonsense talker, but actually tell the truth, but appear to be idiots
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Goneril
Definition
Daughter of LEar, married to albany
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Reagan
Definition
Married to cornwall, daughter of Lear
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Duke of Kent
Definition
Speaks against Lear and is banished
truth teller
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Edgar
Definition
very solid character but is deceived
Gloucester believes this son is guilty
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Edmund
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bastard child, very ambitious, cunning, persona non grava
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Cordelia
Definition
tells the truth, Lear realizes his mistake later
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Lear's role
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He finds that he is essentially a human and father and only accidentally a king
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King Lear as tragedy
Definition
Lack of knowledge of self, everyone dies, cannot think rationally
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Aristotle's Universe
Definition
55 concentric circles, earth is center, immobile
beyond this is heavens
outersphere moves other spheres
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Sublunary World
Definition
Natural motion is up and down
Spheres of give elements
Aether fire air water earth
HEaviness goes toward earth
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Theory of Substance
Definition
Substances are divided into kinds, "species"
Every substance is hylemorphic- matter and form
distinctive properties identify as dog
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Hylemorphic
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has both matter and form
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Theory of Four Causes
Definition
Aristotle... four ways to answer why questions
Formal-arrangement of parts
Material- composition
Efficient- means...because someone produced it, because it grew
Final- its design, goal or purpose, reasoning for behavior
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Bacon's criticism of Aristotle
Definition
Useless for obtaining new knowledge
And there is no evidence for what he does claim
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Scientific Revolution
Definition
Scientific Mind- questioning nature, no certainties, just inquiry, there is reason to hope for progress
Experimental Method- bacons true induction, hypothesis test
Mathematization of Nature- this is how you identify properties, not "forms"
Institutionalize- government funding, peer review
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Aritotle- rise and fall
Definition
Things are rising and falling to return to natural place in word
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Inductive logic
Definition
way of obtaining new information, abstract new knowledge from certainty
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Idols of the tribe
Definition
Errors common to human nature, biases of judgment, perception
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idols of the cave
Definition
errors specific to individuals
experience, eduction
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idols of the marketplace
Definition
misleading character of language
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idols of the theater
Definition
arise from various dogmas and false laws of demonstration
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Three false philosophies
Definition
sophistical : forms theories from common notions
empirical: complete system from unusual phenomenon, ignore contrary
superstitious: mix philosophy withe theology
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Galileo's science
Definition
quantifiable properties, mathematically expressed, precise
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His achievements (4)
Definition
pendulum motion, inclined plane (acceleration), telescopic observations, terrestial motion (rotation of earth)
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Free Fall compared to aristotle
Definition
Galileo- all things fall at same rate
Aristotle- heavy fall faster
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Moon - Galileo, Church
Definition
Moon had geological variations just like earth, was not a celestial body
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Ptolemaic World System
Definition
Based on Aristotle- Geocentric, immobile, celestial bodies have diff properties, circular movement
retrograde planetary motion
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Copernican System
Definition
Heliocentric, rotate on axis
celestial bodies had same principles of motion
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Kepler's laws
Definition
describes motion of the earth
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Objection to rotating earth (Tower)
Definition
Object location does not change
object released with inertial motion
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Galileo's challenge to church
Definition
he proved some of copernicus observations
moon is not perfect celestial body
Earth does rotate, and is not center
Went against scripture
Term
Letter to the grand duchess christina
Definition
The Bible cannot be used to disprove science
The earth and what it is is independent of salvation and the bible
Both express God's will
Term
Galileo challenges Scripture
Definition
says that you should not take scripture literally, use nature to help you understand what the Bible is trying to say
this challenges church's claim to authority
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Assayer
Definition
Galileo
Galileo Assayer
Goes against Aristotle's theory of sense
there is a difference between the primary and real attributes And those that we perceive based on senses
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Epicurus' Universe
Definition
moving particles and empty space, interactions with the rest of nature, only strive for pleasure, Gods don't care about humans
Justice and Injustice are conventional
same view as Hobbes
Term
Hobbes as Materialist
Definition
the only thing real are bodies in motion
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Hobbes as empiricist
Definition
All knowledge originates in sense perception
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Hobbes as Nominalist
Definition
Speech is used to describe desires and aversion, use of language by convention
Term
Hobbes in terms of reason
Definition
Reason is nothing but adding and subtracting of the consequences of names agreed upon to signify our thoughts
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Hobbes' passions
Definition
Two passions : either the appetite of the aversion
good and evil are all just relative
Term
Hobbes vs MAchiavelli
Definition
Hobbes says that you must focus on creating a commonwealth
Machiavalli places focus on what the sovereign must do
Both agree that power is necessary
Term
Leviathan
Definition
A commonwealth, a multitude of people united in one person
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Principle causes of Quarrel
Definition
Competition- natural equality of ability
Diffidence - fear of harm
Glory- sense of power
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Law of Nature
Definition
The laws that are necessary in order to escape / survive
means of self-preservation
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Power in Hobbes
Definition
Everyone is a potential dominator, general inclination, perpetual and restless desire for power after power
Term
The annunciation
Definition
Modern setting, no emotion, van eyck
Term
The Virgin of the Chancellor Rodin
Definition
no emotion
Term
Bethrotal of the arnolfini
Definition
Can see them in the mirror, perspective, author made his mark
Term
Haywain
Definition
Struggle to live christin life, struggle to get to where jesus it, transition from paradise to hell
Term
Garden of Earthly delights
Definition
the war is a close sphere, unscientific, lots of ethnicities
beastial dominance
Term
Durer is part of reformation
Definition
REFORMATION
Term
Hobbes- rigth and wrong in nature
Definition
without laws, there can be no right and wrong
Term
fundamental law of nature
Definition
Everyone must strive for peace
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second law of nature
Definition
a man must be content with laying down his wright to things so that he can share and then be contented with the same liberties as others
Term
Third law of nature
Definition
Men perform their covenants made, basis for justice
Term
contract vs covenant
Definition
contract, mutual transferring
covenant- one gives something first and trusts the other to reciprocate later
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Rights we must keep
Definition
Right to defend life, avoid injury and escape imprisonment,
Contracting is voluntary and voluntary actions must be done toward the good
Term
Covenant
Definition
We do not convenant with the sovereign.
Term
Authorization in Hobbes
Definition
subjects cannot change govt form, power cannot be forfeited, cannot challenge them
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Security ARgument in HObbes
Definition
Sovereign says what is right and wrong, right of making war and peace and punish/rewaed
Term
Liberty in Hobbes
Definition
Freedom of the will- strict sense is that nothing is impeding your motion, liberty and necessity consistent
liberty of a subject- freedom to act within limits of commonwealth
true liberty- self-preservation and physical liberty
Term
Political Unions are unstable
Definition
None of the above - Hobbes
Term
Freedom of the Will (Hobbes vs Milton)
Definition
Hobbes- only means against physical hindrances
Milton is very serious about it
Term
LImits of authortiy (Hobbes vs Milton)
Definition
Milton opposes unlimited authority of a sovereign
Supports political freedom, radical republican
Term
Charles I
Definition
Is beheaded
Milton supports this
Hobbes would not!
Term
Hobbes on religion
Definition
Religion is the source of conflict and factionalism, competing ideas of what is right and wrong
Term
Theodicy
Definition
God acts justly in creating the best of all possible worlds. No created world can be without evil, the least evil with greatest happiness
Term
Satan's tragic struggle
Definition
He realizes that even his attempt to destroy creation is just part of God's master plan. nothing is not known by god
Term
Predestination?
Definition
No, despite foreknowledge, everyone is free to fall, they are given the same options
Term
Luther and Milton
Definition
Men shall be saved by the grace in God
The Son's sacrifice makes possible eternal life for those who accept God's grace
Term
William Blake
Definition
Jesus is the ultimate savior of manking
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Milton's view on Sovereign
Definition
Milton’s view, like that of other Protestant reformers, is that we owe obedience only to God: no human being has natural authority over us
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