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2021考研英语一翻译试题分析

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following
the explosion of creativity in?florence
during the 14th century known as?the
renaissance, the modern world saw a?departure
from

what it had once known. it?turned
from god and the authority of the?roman
catholic church and instead favoured a?more
humanistic approach to being. renaissance?ideas
had spread throughout europe well into the?17th
century, with the arts and sciences flourishing?extraordinarily
among those with a more logical?disposition.?46)?with
the church’s teachings and ways?of
thinking being eclipsed by the renaissance,
the?gap
between the medieval and modern periods?had
been bridged, leading to new and
unexplored?intellectual
territories.

during the
renaissance, the great minds of?nicolaus
copernicus, johannes kepler and galileo?galilei
demonstrated the power of scientific study?and
discovery.?47)?before
each of their revelations,?many
thinkers at the time had sustained more?ancient
ways of thinking, including the geocentric view that the earth
was?at
the centre of our universe. copernicus
theorised?in
1543 that in actual fact, all of the planets
that?we
knew of revolved not around the earth, but the?sun,
a system that was later upheld by?galileo
at his own expense. offering up such a?theory
during a time of high tension between?scientific
and religious minds was branded as?heresy,
and any such heretics that continued?to
spread these lies were to be punished by?imprisonment
or even death. galileo was?excommunicated
by the church and imprisoned?for
life for his astronomical observations and his?support
of the heliocentric principle.

48.despite
attempts by the church to suppress?this
new generation of logicians and
rationalists,?more
explanations for how the universe
functioned?were
being made, and at a rate that the people could no longer
ignore. it?was
with these great revelations that a new kind of?philosophy
founded in reason was born.

the church’s
long-standing dogma was losing?the
great battle for truth to rationalists and?scientists.
this very fact embodied the new ways of?thinking
that swept through europe during most of?the
17th century.?49.?as
many
took?on?the?duty?of
trying?to
integrate reasoning and scientific
philosophies?into
the world, the renaissance was over and
it?was
time for a new era?– the
age of reason.

the 17th and
18th centuries were times of?radical
change and curiosity. scientific method,?reductionism
and the questioning of church ideals?was
to be encouraged, as were ideas of liberty,?tolerance
and progress.?50.?such
actions to seek?knowledge
and to understand what information we?already
knew were captured by the latin phrase?‘sapere
aude’ or ‘dare to know’, after
immanuel?kant
used it in his essay an answer to the question:?what
is enlightenment?. it was the purpose and?responsibility
of great minds to go forth and seek?out
the truth, which they believed to be founded?in
knowledge.????