RegisterLog in Sign up with one click: Facebook Twitter Google Share on Facebook period of revolution Also found in:Encyclopedia,Wikipedia. n (Astronomy)astronomythe mean time taken for one body, such as a planet, to complete a revolution about another, such as the sun ...
In trying to affirm the existence of a “natural,” completely unfettered course of life in opposition to existing social relations, Nietzsche undertook an ultraradical critique of all values, including Christianity (The Antichrist, 1888). He attacked democratic ideology for reinforcing the “herd ins...
The Winter Solstice was celebrated in Britain well before the arrival of Christianity and continues to this day. The Druids cut mistletoe. which grows on the sacred oak trees and gave it as a blessing. The mistletoe symbolized life in the dark winter months. It is said that it was the Dr...
fred allen— I am glad you took the time to read it, too, my friend. I am not a science buff by any means. Actually, I was reading about the history of Christianity when these names popped up. Their stories were compelling and I wanted to share them. In a truncated form, of cours...
In 788, Charlemagne conquered the area and set up the first Austrian (i.e., Eastern) March in the present Upper and Lower Austria, to halt the inroads of the Avars. Colonization was encouraged, and Christianity (which had been introduced under the Romans) was again spread energetically. Aft...
Generally, future events were believed determined beforehand by a universal order that was a result of the motions of the planets and stars. The practices of astrology spread throughout the ancient Middle East, Asia, and Europe, but with the rise of Christianity, which emphasized divine ...
Aperiodofmajorscientificchange BeganwiththediscoveriesofKepler(开普勒),Galileo(伽利略),andothersatthedawnofthe17thcentury EndedwiththepublicationofthePhilosophiaeNaturalisPrincipiaMathematica(MathematicalPrinciplesofNaturalPhilosophy)自然哲学的数学原理in1687byIsaacNewton.(牛顿) Atthebeginningofthecentury,sciencewashighly...
Gregory to Kepler, mathematical truth in laws of the natural worldChristian belief in creation, and modern science, technologySummary This chapter contains sections titled: The Old Testament and Second-Temple Judaism The Autonomy of Nature: Basil of Caesarea to John Buridan The Comprehensibility of ...
Christianity in the western world replaced pagan religions especially after the Emperor Constantine declared Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire thus splitting the empire, setting up Constantinople (now Istanbul) as a second papal city. (Kurtz) According to Stephen J. Gould “I ...
Kepler spent nearly a decade trying to fit Tycho's observations, particularly of Mars, into an improved system of heliocentric circular motion. At last, he conceived the idea that the orbit of Mars was an ellipse with the sun at one focus. This led him to the three laws of planetary ...