Question

What was the importance of Latin during the Scientific Revolution in Europe?

Answer 1

Answer: It provided a common language for the exchange of ideas.

Latin had been the language of the church for centuries. Since the church had led the way in establishing universities in Europe, educated persons were all schooled in Latin. It provided a common language not only for scholarship in religion but in all other areas of knowledge as well.

Some of the great works in Latin from the Scientific Revolution were:

• De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium ("On the Revolution of the Heavenly Spheres) by Nicolaus Copernicus
• Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica ("Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy") by Isaac Newton
• Novum Organum ("The New Method") by Francis Bacon

Answer 2

The Latin language has a vital role during the scientific revolution. Latin language became the language of science. Latin is used in the scientific terms. In the scientific revolution, it shows the materialization of modern science in the field of chemistry, mathematics, physics, biology, and astronomy.