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Continuity thesis

In the history of ideas, the continuity thesis is the hypothesis that there was no radical discontinuity between the intellectual development of the Middle Ages and the developments in the Renaissance and early modern period. Thus the idea of an intellectual or scientific revolution following the Renaissance is, according to the continuity thesis, a…

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related to Sarton · 15
Continuity thesis → Another, Arabic, As, George Sarton, He, History, In The History, Introduction, Latin, New Humanism, Renaissance, Sarton, Science, Scientific Revolution, Western
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Continuity thesis → hypothesis that there was no radical discontinuity between the intellectual development of the Middle Ages and the developments in the Renaissance and early modern period

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Continuity thesisis ahypothesis that there was no radical discontinuity between the intellectual development of the Middle Ages and the developments in the Renaissance and early modern period0.90text
Voltaireinstance ofUnlike many former historians0.80text
Condorcetinstance ofUnlike many former historians0.80text
who did not consider the Middle Ages to be of much intellectual importanceinstance ofUnlike many former historians0.80text
Nicole Oresmeinstance ofHis work was prompted by his research into the origins of statics in which he encountered the works of medieval mathematicians and philosophers0.80text
Roger Baconinstance ofHis work was prompted by his research into the origins of statics in which he encountered the works of medieval mathematicians and philosophers0.80text
Continuity thesisrelated to SartonAnother0.60section
Continuity thesisrelated to SartonGeorge Sarton0.60section
Continuity thesisrelated to SartonIn The History0.60section
Continuity thesisrelated to SartonScience0.60section
Continuity thesisrelated to SartonNew Humanism0.60section
Continuity thesisrelated to SartonSarton0.60section

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