Question

Humanism was a system of thought that focused on human values, interests, and welfare. It discouraged superstition and promoted rational thinking. Which statement best shows the role of humanism during the Scientific Revolution?

Answer 1

Humanism encouraged intellectuals to focus on human accomplishment and potential.

Answer 2

It discouraged superstition and promoted rational thinking.

Step-by-step explanation:

The scientific revolution is a concept used to explain the emergence of science during the early modern age, associated mainly with the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, in which new ideas and knowledge in physics, astronomy, biology (including human anatomy) and chemistry transformed the Ancient and medieval visions on nature and laid the foundations of classical science. According to most versions, the scientific revolution began in Europe towards the end of the Renaissance era and continued through the eighteenth century, influencing the intellectual social movement known as the Enlightenment. Although their dates are discussed, the publication in 1543 of Nicolaus Copernicus' De revolutionibus orbium coelestium (On the Twists of the Celestial Orbs) is usually cited as the beginning of the scientific revolution.