... scientific group can aid in the discovery of new ideas and inventions for the benefit of the entire populace. Another example is displayed through the spread of the ideas of Aristotle and Ptolemy to Europe through wars with nearby nations.6 In other words, politically- ignited wars spread the theories and truths of science. As the ideas spread, the old scientific theories ... favor of the theory that determined its merit. As Darnton points out that the government "used academies to control public opinion [and] to stifle the new truths of science and philosophy.""15 The academies ensured...

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