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reason necessarily inferior to those of science.
Artificial separation of mental modes in the interests of
homogeneity conveyed a sentiment of certitude to Descartes
and his time. A century of more and more rapid movement of
information by print had developed new sensibilities. In Nef’s
words (p. 8):
During the hundred years that followed Rabelais’
death in 1553, there are many indications that exact
time, exact quantities, exact distances were coming to
have a greatly increased interest for men and women in
connection with private and public life. One of the most
impressive examples of the new concern with precision
was the action taken by the Church of Rome to provide a
more exact calendar. Throughout the Middle Ages the