Teaduslik revolutsioon
The religious
authorities at Rome were uneasy with the New Science. Copernicus, Kepler and Galileo seemed to be
turning the world upside down. The sun was the center of the cosmos, the earth moved and the sky seemed
to hold hidden visions. In effect, the Scientific Revolution had created an invisible world behind the visible
world and those men of an older generation, weaned on Aristotle and Aquinas were fearful of it.
On April 12, 1615, Cardinal Bellarmine (15421621) wrote his famous LETTER TO FOSCARINI , a letter which
expressed his displeasure with Copernican theory. The following year, Galileo was summoned [ kutsuti välja ]
to Rome and ordered to desist teaching Copernican theory. He was, however, free to think about Copernican
theory, but he could not teach it or write about it. Galileo agreed to this condition but still maintained that his
mechanical philosophy described the natural world better than any alternative explanation
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