I suggest the above, if you haven't already read it. No, it's not a Western.
I am reading a book right now by James Walsh called: “The Thirteenth - Greatest of Centuries” and it describes all of the achievements which really put the modern age into gear. I am really amazed.
I suggest the above, if you haven't already read it. No, it's not a Western.
-— I am reading a book right now by James Walsh called: “The Thirteenth - Greatest of Centuries” ——
I have to get that. I’ve always believed that the 12th was the height of Scholasticism and Christian culture.
The birth of modern science came with the promulgation of the dogma of “creation from nothing,” leading to the physics breakthroughs of Buridan and Newton.
There’s a great article on the web called “The Origin of Science” by Stanley Jaki.
“A World Lit Only By Fire” by William Manchester is a book I no longer lend out. I’ve “lost” 4 or 5 copies over the years. It’s really a wonderful book about the period between the middle ages and the start of the Renaissance.