Masters of Knowledge
Michael Silk|Ingo Gildenhard|Rosemary Barrow
Over a large part of our millennium and half, knowledge is fundamental to the authority classical: ancients had after-comers need their writings get at that for themselves. During Christian millennium, which coincides with first classical tradition, unquestioned source in matters truth divine revelation captured scriptures mediated by Church. Newton – embodiment Royal Society action, whose new system finally demonstrates transience ancient physical sciences represents decisive moment when (scientia) shown be ‘men today’ pronounce on, no looking back. That said, it salutary note cases persist, where something like old sense still respected treated as special.