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The paper discusses how the intense interaction between science and religion in the 17th century had an ultimately positive effect on human civilization over the succeeding centuries, for the tensions these interactions produced played an instrumental role in generating the Enlightenment of the 18th Century, which transformed the world, freed humanity from the bonds of religious dogma, and produced long-term benefits ranging from greatly expanded scientific learning to the dramatic emergence and development of democratic systems of government.

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"The intense interaction between science and religion in the 17th Century had an ultimately positive effect on human civilization over the succeeding centuries, for the tensions these interactions produced played an instrumental role in generating the Enlightenment of the 18th Century, which transformed the world, freed humanity from the bonds of religious dogma, and produced long-term benefits ranging from greatly expanded scientific learning to the dramatic emergence and development of..."

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