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pre-Renaissance the mechanical clock was a show of power for Christian civilization.. one of the many benefits, along with literacy and the written word in all
by mistrial9 1y ago
pre-Renaissance the mechanical clock was a show of power for Christian civilization.. one of the many benefits, along with literacy and the written word in all its uses, of the Christian society versus others.. and versus others it was.. on the edges of the Christian world were raiding tribes, marching armies and slaving of all kinds, from the great Central Asia all the way into modern France, from the East, Vikings from the North and African continental peoples from the South. The Christian world sometimes came by the peace of the Savior, and also by the Sword, chain and taxes.
Clocks are very impressive.. useful.. and now there is almost no escape from them? What was lost?
This is a particularly impressive and useful clock. The benefits to the town are manifold. In these times, it might be worth examining their shadows, as well.
- dylan604 1y ago> Clocks are very impressive. I mean, once you have a clock, anyone can tell time. I'm more impressed by those that can tell time by time of year and position of celestial objects. It's December and Orion is 20° above horizon so it must be close to...
- verisimi 1y ago> Clocks are very impressive.. useful.. and now there is almost no escape from them? What was lost? What was lost is control of time for the individual. Time is such an externalised concept now, we can barely conceive of an internal, natural sense of time.