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Another View on the Renaissance: The Relationship between Art and Science

The concepts of art and science appear to be polar opposites to the untrained eye. However, I looked closer at art and science in the renaissance and found them to be much more closely related than I previously thought. According

Another View on the Renaissance: The Relationship between Art and Science

The concepts of art and science appear to be polar opposites to the untrained eye. However, I looked closer at art and science in the renaissance and found them to be much more closely related than I previously thought. According

A Printing Press

The Mighty Influence on the Printing Press

“The aim of our studies should be to direct the mind with a view of forming true and sound judgments about whatever comes before it,” (Rules for the Direction of the Mind). This declaration by René Descartes, with which he

A Printing Press

The Mighty Influence on the Printing Press

“The aim of our studies should be to direct the mind with a view of forming true and sound judgments about whatever comes before it,” (Rules for the Direction of the Mind). This declaration by René Descartes, with which he