... the church. Although religion was not completely disregarded, the theories of various scientists diligently struck the world with awe and captivated the world to an irreversible extent that the church could not compete with. Previously, the church held the unchallenged beliefs of Aristotle and Ptolemy as fact. They claimed that the universe is made up of concentric spheres in which the earth lies ... to explore the glorious parts of the universe that rest beyond their current point of comprehension. Throughout the Enlightenment, this uncontrollable desire to obtain knowledge spread thro...

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