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Period: 500 BCE to 500
Classical Worldview
The Greeks’ worldview was founded on the philosophy of Plato. He sought a deeper level of reality. He pursued a simple theory about the universe which had incredible explanatory power. The result was a belief in uniform, circular motion. -
Period: 500 to 1500
Medieval Worldview
The Medieval Worldview firmly believed in the use of logic, dialectic, and analysis to discover the truth. -
Period: 1300 to
Renaissance Worldview
People in the Renaissance time period believed in humanism. As the name suggests, humanism is all about the human. It focuses on human beings, their values, abilities, and individual worth, and human society as something valuable that could be improved. -
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Enlightenment Worldview
The definition of “enlighten” is ‘to give someone greater knowledge’. As the name suggests, the Enlightenment Worldview was all about learning and gaining knowledge. -
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Romantic Worldview
Romanticism was focused around emotion. The music was very dramatic, and the artwork had a lot of deeper meanings. They believed in using emotion to create a more aesthetic experience. -
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Victorian Worldview
The Victorian era was a very strict time. They believed in very strong morals. There was a low tolerance of crime, and a very strict social code of conduct. -
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Modern Worldview
The Modern Worldview was very logical and realistic. They were very materialistic and they believed that there was nothing beyond what they could observe with their senses and extensions such as microscopes. -
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Post Modern Worldview
The Postmodern worldview believes that everything is contingent, nothing is fixed. -
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Post Post Modern Worldview
The Post-Postmodern worldview is more positive, with the idea that faith, sincerity and trust will be better for society.