Final

Question 1

St. Jerome

Answer 1

Bible Vulgate

Question 2

St. Augustine

Answer 2

Confessions, City of God

Question 3

St. Benedict

Answer 3

Rule of Monasteries

Question 4

Guibert

Answer 4

Monodiae

Question 5

Abelard

Answer 5

Making philosophy more accessible and speaking in the vernacular

Question 6

Avicenna

Answer 6

The Book of Healing, The Canon of Medicine

Question 7

Petrarch

Answer 7

Father of humanism, modern Italian language was based on his works. Exposed medieval forgery

Question 8

Pico della Mirandola

Answer 8

Oration on the dignity of man, hermetic reformation, renaissance humanism

Question 9

Lorenzo Valla

Answer 9

Donation of constantine was a forgery

Question 10

Erasmus

Answer 10

Catholic doctrine of free will, Greek New Testament, Silent Alcibiadis

Question 11

Luther

Answer 11

Ninety five theses, translated bible into vernacular

Question 12

Copernicus

Answer 12

Measuring time, mapping heavens and earth, heliocentric model, On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres

Question 13

Rene Descartes

Answer 13

Dubito, cogito, ergo sum; cartesian plane model; spacial relations, latitude and longitude, archimedial point, deductive reasoning, mind and body dualism

Question 14

Francis Bacon

Answer 14

Novum organum: reduction, inductive reasoning, framework for the scientific method of inquiry, observation,

Question 15

Tycho Brahe

Answer 15

Magnified quadrant to get more precise, Uraniborg Castle, recorded time along with the celestial events

Question 16

Kepler

Answer 16

Rudolphine tables, three premises, straddled line between magic and scientific world

Question 17

Galileo Galilei

Answer 17

Doctrine of unequal weights: two things of equal weight have the same acceleration. Starry messenger, sunspots, telescope, if moon and other planetary bodies are made of the same material, they are subject to the same laws of gravity. Smaller planetary bodies revolve around larger planetary bodies. Imperfection of the planets. Dialogue concerning the two chief world systems.

Question 18

Asclepius

Answer 18

Asclepiad symbol, healing aspect of the medical arts in the Greek religion, snake is symbol of healing.

Question 19

Hippocrates

Answer 19

Humoral system, hippocratic oath: do no harm, diseases had natural causes, phlebotomy

Question 20

Galen

Answer 20

Animal vivisections, used humoral system extensively, barbary apes

Question 21

What were the four reasons for anatomical dissection during the renaissance period?

Answer 21

1. Philosophical Debate (where is the seat of the soul, mind/body dualism)
2. Black Death
3. Political Intrigue (papal involvement)
4. Pressure from med schools

Question 22

Quadliberitarian Model

Answer 22

1. Lector
2. Ostensor
3. Sector
4. Observer

Question 23

How long would a dissection take?

Answer 23

Approximately 6 days

Question 24

Who were the two partiers who would kill people to sell their bodies for dissection?

Answer 24

Burke and Hare