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the scientific revolution of the seventeenth century

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Cosmologies-systems of belief in general laws governing the uni- verse-have existed since prehistoric times. If the discoveries of modern anthropologists are any guide, they must have been univer- sal from a very early stage of man's development. Certainly all those modern peoples we choose to describe as 'primitive' possess their own cosmologies, which are often both complex and ingenious. They serve important social and psychological functions, underpinning the communal lives of tribes and peoples, directing the activities of in- dividuals. It is difficult, for those brought up within the modern Western culture, to understand the rigidity and power of such struc- tures of thought, since the intellectual revolution which began with the Greeks has emancipated our civilisation from their hold. The scientific revolution which came to a climax in the seventeenth century played a vital part in this development, and can only be properly understood in relation to it.

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909 Bri s

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London : Longman Group Limited., 1969

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pages 119

Language

English

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582-31393-7

Classification

909

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Science

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