Summary of Gary Lachman's Lost Knowledge of the Imagination

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#1 The new way of knowing that arose in the early seventeenth century was so effective and powerful that it quickly rose to prominence in practically all fields of human endeavor. It became the gauge by which we measure such difficult and fundamental notions as truth and reality.

#2 The new mode of knowing, which I am referring to, arose out of the renewed interest in Nature as an object of study and contemplation, which presaged the rise of the Gothic in the twelfth century.

#3 The ‘new way of knowing’ was what we now know as science. It was a new breed of genius that believed in humankind’s ability to understand their world and free themselves from the constraints of ignorance and fear.

#4 The scientific revolution, which was a collaboration between the Church and a rising science, changed the way we view the world. It began to shift our focus from the qualitative aspects of reality to its physical form, which was subject to laws of mechanical cause and effect.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: May 16, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822516502

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Contents

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Insights from Chapter 2

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Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

The new way of knowing that arose in the early seventeenth century was so effective and powerful that it quickly rose to prominence in practically all fields of human endeavor. It became the gauge by which we measure such difficult and fundamental notions as truth and reality.

#2

The new mode of knowing, which I am referring to, arose out of the renewed interest in Nature as an object of study and contemplation, which presaged the rise of the Gothic in the twelfth century.

#3

The ‘new way of knowing’ was what we now know as science. It was a new breed of genius that believed in humankind’s ability to understand their world and free themselves from the constraints of ignorance and fear.

#4

The scientific revolution, which was a collaboration between the Church and a rising science, changed the way we view the world. It began to shift our focus from the qualitative aspects of reality to its physical form, which was subject to laws of mechanical cause and effect.

#5

The power and mastery over the natural world that has come to us through the reign of quantity has come at a high price. The emptying of the inside of the world, and increasingly ourselves, was necessary in order for the new way