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The Medieval Period within Europe led to an increase in knowledge and learning, especially in relation to scholasticism. How does this methodology of learning compare to movements, such as Confucianism and Sufism?
The new methodology in learning was the by-product of the Renaissance in Europe.
After so many years of dark ages during the Medieval Times, Renaissance brought different ideas that invited to use reason and logic, instead of just allowing the belief systems of the Christian church that thought that everything in nature was the result of God's will.
Renaissance also allowed an artistic expression never before seen since ancient Greece and ancient Rome. Great artists like Michelangelo Buonarroti, Leonardo Da Vinci, and Rafael, created beautiful pieces of art.
How do scholasticism and the rise of universities foreshadow later changes in thinking in Europe?
The creation of universities dramatically changed the way people viewed nature and reality. The age of reason allowed the presence of bright minds that played key roles during the Enlightenment.
New ideas about forms of government, social contracts, and civil rights appeared from the minds of great thinkers and philosophers like Baron de Montesquiou, Voltaire, Jean-Jaques Rosseau, Jhon Locke, and Thomas Hobbes.