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Books : Nonfiction : English
 

  A Magical World: Superstition and Science
from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment 

 By Derek K. Wilson

Published by Pegasus Books
in 2018-Epub  

  Description

A rich and multi-faceted history
of heroes and villains interwoven with the profound changes in human knowledge that took place between the Renaissance
and the Enlightenment.

Spanning some of the most vibrant and fascinating eras in European history, Cambridge
historian Derek Wilson reveals a society filled with an ardent desire for knowledge and astounding
discoveries—and the fantastic discoveries that flowered from it. There was the discovery of the movement of blood
around the body; the movement of the earth around the sun; the velocity of falling objects (and why those objects
fell).

But these these thinkers were steeped in—and drew from—intellectual traditions that
might surprise us. There was folk religion, which in its turn had deep roots in a pagan past. Others referred to spirits
or tapped into stores of ancient wisdom and herbal remedies. This was the world of wise women, witches, necromancers,
potions and incantations.

Even the mighty Catholic Church, which permeated all elements of life, had its own
"magical" traditions. Devote believers and accomplished scientists alike both pursued alchemy. Astrology, also
a rapidly developing field, was based on the belief that human affairs were controlled by the movement of heavenly
bodies. Casting horoscopes was a near-universal practice, from the papacy to the peasantry. Yet from this heady cultural
mix, the scientific method would spring.

But it was not just Europe where this tidal wave of intellectual
innovation was colliding with folk wisdom to create something new. The twelfth-century Islamic polymath, Averroes, has
been called 'the father of secular thought' because of his landmark treatises on astronomy, physics and
medicine. Jewish scholars melded mysticism to create the esoteric disciplines of the Kabbalah.

By the
mid-seventeenth century, "science mania" was in full flower. In 1663, The Royal Society in London received its
charter. Just three years later, the French Academy of Sciences was founded, and other European capitals rapidly
followed suit. In 1725, the word "science" was at last defined as "a branch of study concerned either
with a connected body of demonstrated truths or with observed facts systematically classified." Yet just nine years
before, the last witch had been executed in Britain. Fascinating and thought-provoking, A Magical World is a reminder of
humanity's paradoxical nature—our passionate pursuit of knowledge alongside deep-rooted fears,
superstitions, and traditions. 

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