In the New York Times Science section, Rachel Donadio reports on a museum in Florence that treats Galileo as both a “secular” and “religious” saint; the curators thus commingle two concepts (the secular/religious) that were being developed during the Renaissance and which reached fruition during the Enlightenment:
The Galileo case is often seen starkly as science’s [...]
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Galileo: Religious or Secular Saint?
July 24th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Classifications, Definitions, Evolutionary Adaptation, Evolutionary Byproduct, History, Methodology, Shamanism
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