.New World, Ancient Texts: The Power of Tradition and the Shock of Discovery: Summary

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New World, Ancient Texts: The Power of Tradition and the Shock of Discovery: Summary

This paper is a book summary of New World, Ancient Texts: The Power of Tradition and the Shock of Discovery written by Anthony Grafton. In this book the author explores how intellectual history changed in the wake of the European discovery of the “new world”.  Prior to that, people still held that authority principally resided in the ancient books.  For example, to discern the pattern of the heavens, you ...