Post Medieval.
Quick Hits
10 random key ideas.
1.
Voltaire’s journey reminds us that intellectual freedom often comes at a cost but also shows how the power of ideas can challenge authority, inspire change, and reshape the world.
2.
Quote:
- David Hume.
- 1748.
From History:
Meaning:
Your confidence in an idea, whether scientific or spiritual, should rise with support, not desire.
3.
From History: born 1879
Einstein taught us that mass and energy are two forms of the same thing and that gravity is better understood as the curvature of spacetime that guides motion.
5.
Quote:
- Roger Williams.
- May 6, 1682..
Meaning:
We don’t know exactly when Roger Williams was born, nor died. For his birth, we don’t even know the year. He was born circa 1602. For his death, we know for sure it was 1683 and around March.
6.
From History: 1645
Let go of labels that shrink people. Roger Williams saw that calling Native Americans “heathens” was not just a word; it was a habit of mind that made harm easier.
7.
The first century of the United States was shaped primarily by Protestant culture, Deism, and Enlightenment ideals
8.
Quote:
- Roger Williams.
- 1648.
Meaning:
In disagreement, take control of your response instead of letting emotion or the last comment control where the conversation goes.
9.
From History: 1842
In 1842, Christian Doppler wrote about the doppler effect in stars. It was first confirmed with sound in 1845, then with light in 1848. The big moment came in 1868 when, for the first time, we could tell which stars were coming and going.
10.
In 1610, Galileo Galilei used observation to challenge belief, showing that reality, not tradition, must guide understanding. His telescope turned the heavens from imagined perfection into measurable truth.
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