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How Did Man's View Change During The Renaissance

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Man's view of man changed drastically during the Renaissance, which can be seen in the three major areas of culture explained below. Starting off with an example, Galileo is a perfect example of how views changed on science during the renaissance period. Before him, Kepler, and Copernicus, everyone believed as the church believed, that is, in the findings of Ptolemy. Ptolemy believed slash found that the earth was the centre of the universe, and that everything revolved around the earth. Likewise, he also believed that the Earth was standing still, and not rotating on an axis. Galileo and others were dubious of this theory, and proved the church wrong through science and mathematics. Copernicus proved heliocentrism through a fully predictive
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