Philosophy 42 Flashcards
What were the secular states becoming?
The defining unit of cultural, as well as political, authority
With the Reformation, what was finally defeated?
The universal ambition and dream of the Catholic imperium
How was the world to be regarded?
The arena in which man’s urgent religious duty was to fulfill God’s will through questioning and changing every aspect in life
What traditional view was reversed
The pursuit of commercial success was no longer perceived as directly threatening to the religious life. The two were now recognized as mutually beneficial
What was the educational strategy to commercial success and religious life being combined?
In addition to the teaching of the Catholic faith and theology, they taught the full humanistic program from the Renaissance and Classical era
In time, what would characterize the educated European?
Nonorthodox tendency toward intellectual pluralism, skepticism, and even revolution
What would begin to bring clarity to the nonorthodox tendencies of the educated European?
The Scientific Revolution
