... major roles in it as well as how their roles affected the commonly accepted view of the world. These who people where Nicolas Copernicus and Galileo Galilei who challenged the Ptolemaic system and Catholic beliefs because of the flaws they found in it. Copernicus intensely studied the Ptolemaic system and through ... learned people of the age needed to change their view of the world. Another great thinking that forced the world to broaden its view was Galileo Galilei. By constructing his own telescope and observing the stars he was able to observer first hand how planets revolved around t...

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... of their surroundings, creating new notions about world geography, constituting a broadening of outlook. The discovery of the telescope enabled humanists to ascertain the real position of the Earth and helped Galileo to substantiate his heliocentric model of the solar system, constituting a great advancement in the field of astronomy, and re-emphasized mankind's ability as a human and his achievements and potential, adding ... ...

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