Chapter 16 Part 2

While the first part of the chapter was mainly about religion, this part of the chapter focused on the scientific revolution that began in Europe. I didn't know that Arabs were the first and most scholarly. I always thought that it was the Europeans who started the trend of thinking outside the box. Perhaps because our history books are so Eurocentric, we never get to really hear much else besides what Europe and America were up to. Anyways, the scientific revolution began and it collide head on with the Catholic church. The church was not fond of these new ideas and theories that were becoming popular because they felt as if they were losing control. The revolution was necessary though because without it, who knows how much longer it would have take for people to stand up for free thinking. Aristotle was like a celebrity back in the day with all his cool new ideas that were totally out there.  But people began to realize that they liked to be able to think for themselves rather than just be told what to believe in. I kind of feel like our society has sort of taken a few steps backward since then, as sad as it may be.