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Pious Scientists in the Late Middle Ages
Piety, the awe and respect for God and His Creation, drove philosophers and scientists throughout the Christian era beginning during the Roman Empire and continuing through the European Middle Ages—and beyond. Christian philosopher-scientists relied heavily on their Greek and Roman … Continue reading
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Tagged anselm, Christianity, god, history, philosophy, Piety, Religion, Science, thomas-aquinas
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Early Medieval Pious Scientists
The Fall of Rome had a profound effect on learning and knowledge. After the fifth century A.D. those who were concerned with philosophy, which at this time included science, scrambled to keep track of the great books of the Greco-Roman … Continue reading
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Tagged aristotle, boetius, Christianity, history, isidore-of-seville, john-scotus-eriugena, middle-ages, philosophy, Piety, plato, Science
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Philo Judaeus the Pious Scientist
Ancient thinkers–philosophers and scientists–of the Mediterranean world knew that wisdom is a universal that transcends individual knowing, an awareness of truth that transcends the individual existence of each person. The Old Testament and New Testament imply that the Creation has … Continue reading
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Piety and Science
Records of the human quest for knowledge have existed for four to five thousand years, revealing that as humans have confronted the vastness of the cosmos, as they have watched and listened and felt the natural environment, their response has … Continue reading
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Tagged Christianity, god, history, philosophy, Piety, Religion, Science
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Is Science Inherently an Act of Piety?
During the past century science has become so focused on the material and the secular as to deny what was one of the essential characteristics of Western scientists going back three millennia: piety. Ancient Greek scientists perceived religion and science … Continue reading
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Tagged history, History of Science, Piety, Science
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The Pious Scientist Jeremy Belknap
Jeremy Belknap, who is featured in three of my books: Ebenezer Hazard, Jeremy Belknap, and the American Revolution, Passaconaway’s Realm, and the American Plutarch, was a pious scientist. He believed that piety is the most important response of the scientist to … Continue reading
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Tagged Biography, books, Great Commission, history, Jeremy Belknap, Piety, Pious Science
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The American Plutarch 