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You assume the outcome when you write "the rise of scientific thinking during the Enlightenment". Why didn't the Enlightenment happen in Italy? Why was Galileo
by lkrubner 10y ago
You assume the outcome when you write "the rise of scientific thinking during the Enlightenment". Why didn't the Enlightenment happen in Italy? Why was Galileo arrested whereas Newton became a national hero? The regime of human rights was very different in Italy versus England, and that influenced where the Enlightenment happened. Giordano Bruno was burned at the stake, whereas Edmond Halley had the liberty needed to study comets, and even predict when Halley's Comet would return.
- igravious 10y agoWhy didn't the Enlightenment happen in Italy? The Enlightenment did happen in Italy. > Why was Galileo arrested whereas Newton became a national hero? Because of the Jesuits, and not for the reason you imply. Read Infinitesimal by Alexander Amir. Galileo was a national hero in Italy, in fact he was an enormous figure across the whole of Europe. Giodarno Bruno was burned at the stake in Rome in 1600, Edward Wightman (for heresy) in jolly olde England in 1612.