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Education
Education during the Renaissance was still very much tied to
religious organizations. Luther and the Protestants continued
to gain power during the Reformation and one of the ways
they exercised it was in the realm of education. They
believed that training people to read the bible would make
truer believers and so they established schools with this goal
in mind.
The methods employed primarily involved memorization and
passive mimicry of received wisdom and truth, and so
were highly unlikely to promote critical thinking.
Universities continued to evolve and grow and, with the
influence of humanism, began to focus on worldly rather
than otherworldly knowledge. Attention was placed on the
ancient Greeks and Romans, particularly with regards to the
questions they asked about human nature and the natural
world.
Inquisition
We cannot forget that the Inquisition was
still alive and well throughout the
Renaissance.
In fact, it would not end until almost the
middle of the 19th century.
The church, therefore, continued to stifle
the development of critical thought.