Societies abruptly changed directions in the periods we call the Renaissance, Reformation and Age of Reason, also called the Enlightenment ... The scientific method replaced superstitions and ...

The Renaissance is associated with great ... This would culminate in the Protestant Reformation. The Enlightenment was the age of the triumph of science (Newton, Leibniz, Bacon) and of philosophy ...

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