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According to Kenneth Harl, professor of history @ Tulane University, these are the four most important turning points in the history of western civilization:
1) Emergence of self-government (5th century BCE Greece).
2) Conversation of Europe to Christianity.
3) Discovery of the New World.
4) Industrial revolution.
Doc Dutch (01-24-2022), PoliTalker (01-24-2022)
Add one. The Enlightenment. Rejection of Christian oppression.
McRocket (01-23-2022)
My guess is Professor Harl left it off his list, because he was highlighting truly transformational turning points in western history.
In a sense, Locke, Hobbes, and the French philosophes were just resurrecting ground which had already been covered before by the Greeks: political rights, political theory, and the nature of the rights of the citizen.
Also, the Enlightenment was just one in a long line of intellectual traditions: Humanism, Enlightenment, Romanticism, Transcendentalism, Existentialism. In that sense, it wasn't really a turning point, it was another cog in the wheel, another link in the chain.
I would say the French Revolution was transformational, but I wouldn't rank it up there with the industrial revolution, or the discovery of the Americas.
Guno צְבִי (01-23-2022), PoliTalker (01-24-2022)
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Cypress (01-23-2022)
"When did the Catholic Church translated the Bible?
The Roman Catholic Church's reaction to the Anglican translations was to translate the New Testament in Rheims in 1578 and the Old Testament in Douay in 1609. Thus, the first Catholic translation was called the Douay-Rheims edition, and it too influenced the wording of the Protestants' King James Version.Jun 30, 2017
Early Bible translations — matters of life and death - The Jackson Sun'
I'm guessing there was a reason the Bible was in Latin and never translated into the local languages.
Probably like the Constitution in Latin ... and Trump would tell you what it said.
anonymoose (01-24-2022)
"Why is Minerva so important?
Minerva is the goddess of wisdom, medicine, the arts, poetry, and handicrafts. Later in Roman history, she became the goddess of war as well. So, she was pretty important to the Romans. ... Combining aspects of both Menvra and Athena, Minerva grew to be one of the most respected goddesses in the Roman religion.
The Roman Goddess Minerva: Importance & Mythology"
'Christians' never had a 'Goddess of Wisdom'. NOT REALLY BIG ON THEIR LIST OF IMPORTANT SHIT.
Enlightenment is man’s emergence from his self-imposed immaturity. Immaturity is the inability to use one’s
understanding without guidance from another. This immaturity is self-imposed when its cause lies not in lack of
understanding, but in lack of resolve and courage to use it
without guidance from another. Sapere Aude! [dare to
know] “Have courage to use your own understanding!” —
that is the motto of enlightenment.
https://users.manchester.edu/Facstaf...ightenment.pdf
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