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Sorry, but for me burning to death is torturing to death. And I am aware, that the real inquisition was much more restrained, than their image - but it doesn't
by hutzlibu 6y ago
Sorry, but for me burning to death is torturing to death.
And I am aware, that the real inquisition was much more restrained, than their image - but it doesn't change anything for the better, of what they did.
They represented the highest authority in terms of what was allowed to be thought and said. And they did use tortue and execution to cement their authority. Basically killing scientists for doing science. And stopping people to become scientists in the first place, as everyone knew what happened to free thinking scientists. Rather work your field, peaseant - or pray your prayers low monk.
I cannot see anything positive in that institution.
- anthk 6y agoThat's false. More like confronting Catholicism, but even monks did science. How do you think cathedrals were built in Middle Ages? Weapons? Armory? Trebuchets? Astronomics to sail to "The Indians"? Monks were very faith-obsessed but not ultimately dumb to power. Also, the School of Salamanca (around Don Quixote era) was the roots of Humanism.
- hutzlibu 6y agoDid I say no science happened? I said it was blocked a lot. Because when every research that you do, has to align to the literal words of a big book, under the explicit threat of burning at the stake - it is surprising, how much progress was possible despite of it.
- anthk 6y agoOFC, but it wasn't just an empire made of castles, churches and hamlets.