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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.
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The Medieval Worldview firmly believed in the use of logic, dialectic, and analysis to discover the truth.
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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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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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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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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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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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The Postmodern worldview believes that everything is contingent, nothing is fixed.
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The Post-Postmodern worldview is more positive, with the idea that faith, sincerity and trust will be better for society.