The Emergence and Use of Reason
Burke describes and analyzes the economic, social, and political processes and developments that resulted in the emergence of reason and science as the approaches to understanding the world, formerly held by theology and magic. Drawing on the Preface and chapters 1 and 2, please respond to the following question:
What were the key turning points in the formation, transmission, preservation and emergence of the use of reason to investigate the natural world from the ancient world to the Middle Ages?
Perspective and Historical Change
Using the material from chapter 3, how did the discovery and application of perspective geometry, which led to the focus on man as the measure of all things, shape architecture and cartography, and more importantly influence social change and economic development?