Coach Smith
 Gadfly to the status quo
 Questioned all that existed
 Taught Plato
 Student of Socrates
 Reason based inquiry
 Form precedes matter
 Opened The Academy
 Teacher of Aristotle
 Student of Plato
 Matter precedes form
 Observation based inquiry
 Dissected animals
 Classification of animals
 Father of Science
 God: Unmoved Mover
 Rome biggest civilization ever
 Conquered countries must:
 Convert to Christianity
 Destroy old culture
 Become Roman
 Pay taxes
 This creates resentment
 Roman Empire so big it splits in two
 Western Roman Empire in Rome
 Eastern Roman Empire in Byzantine
 Easier to rule conquered lands
 Western Roman Empire too spread out
 Too hard to manage everyone
 Empire collapses
 Church assumes power
 Eastern Empire strong
 Turks conquer Jerusalem
 Roman conversion does not work
 Too much work, not worth it
 Go away (Jews and Christians)
 East-West Schism
 Western Europe
 Catholic
 Rome collapsed
 Germanic states
 Church main influence
 Father + Son = Holy Spirit
 East Europe (Byzantine Empire/East Roman Empire)
 Orthodox
 Father > Son > Holy Spirit
 Split over interpretation of Trinity/Influence of Church
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1st Crusades
Western Europe to Holy Land
Pilgrimage = Indulgence
Prepare to fight
Retake Holy Land from Muslims
Jerusalem now Latin Catholic
 2nd Crusades
 Turks take surrounding lands
 Western Europe gets smashed
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Egyptian Muslims take
Holy Land back for Islam
 3rd Crusades
 Tie.
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4th Crusades
Western Europe hires Venice to fight/build ships
Land travel no good, too many muslims
Venice wants Zara back (Venice=Cath, Zara=Orth)
Pope excommunicates Venice
Eastern Emporer invites excommunicated Venicians, offers $ for fighting
Eastern Roman Empire cant pay, Venicians rob the empire
Byzantine vulnerable to attack
 Byzantine Empire vulnerable
 Turks conquer
 Disperse the Natives
 Go elsewhere and take your stuff
 Managing another ethnicity is not worth the trouble
 Didn’t work for Rome
 Take your things and leave
 Renaissance
 Rediscover of Greek thought
 Aristotle’s observations
 Infallible
 Earth center of Universe
 No need for ration
 They interpret the bible
 Psalm 104:5 He set the Earth on its foundations, so that
it should never be moved
Protestant Reformation
 Sale of induldenges
 Religion should not be
monopolized
 Translate bible out of latin
 Catholic Church corrupt
and faliable
 Divine Right of the King
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We are no more than matter in motion (Aristotle)
Bad by nature
Need Leviathan to enforce rules
Necessity of strong central govt
Father of Social Contract
Govt serves people with their given consent
Helps cause we are bad by nature and need authority figure
 Society creates competition
 Men sign away natural rights for level playing field
 If either side disobeys then contract is null and void
 It is your duty to revolt
 Life
 Liberty
 Property
Men by nature are good but will defend the following
Govt job to protect as well
 Separation of church and state
 Separation of Govt to avoid corruption
 Exec
 Leg
 Jud
 Life, Liberty, pursuit of happiness