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A 4 page paper which examines what the attitudes of people during the Renaissance and the Enlightenment were towards scientific discoveries of their time. The paper relies on Bertolt Brecht’s play “Galileo” and Jonathan Swift’s “Gulliver’s Travels” to examine the topic. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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part of our everyday life, our health, our work, and our enjoyment. But, such was not always the case and in the days when religion and God were the primary
focus of the people, science may have seemed ridiculous, pointless, evil, and downright frightening to some. The following paper examines what people may have thought of science in the days
of the Renaissance and the Enlightenment. The paper utilizes Bertolt Brechts play "Galileo" to examine the Renaissance period and Jonathon Swifts "Gullivers Travels" to examine the Enlightenment period, relating to
what people felt and thought about science. Science: Brecht and Swift In Bertolt Brechts play "Galileo" we are presented with what appears to be a relatively realistic
portrayal of what this famous man may have experienced in relationship to his studies in science. He is, of course, today known as one of the greatest scientific minds of
all time, but in his time he was seen as a man who went against the church. In Brechts play we see how a man is talking to Galileo
after charges have been placed, essentially telling him to have faith in the church as though he were science, "It is not given to man to know the truth: it
is granted to him to seek after the truth. Science is the legitimate and beloved daughter of the Church. She must have confidence in the Church" (Brecht 79). In this
the people are trying to placate Galileo but yet telling him that he is essentially in deep trouble as well for "the Holy Office has resolved that the theory according
to which the earth goes around the sun is foolish, absurd, and a heresy" (Brecht 79). In this we can see that the church was threatened by science because
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