Question 1: The individual European has altered in many ways throughout the ages. From the Middle Ages all the way through the enlightenment, the world, religion, God, and life and death have gone through courses of many changes. During the period of the middle ages, the world was thought to be evil and filled with temptation. As a result, the world turned inwards during this time. Knowledge of the outside world was not recognized and did …showed first 75 words of 550 total…

…showed last 75 words of 550 total…and feeding their greed. In this era, religion began loosing its gospel, purity, heart, and sprit because of the corruption in the church. When the enlightenment came for Europe, God was set aside because of the changes in outlook of educated people, which affected religious belief. In conclusion it is evident that change can occur rapidly and quickly. This rapid change is called The Paradigm Shift. It was devised in the 1950’s by Thomas Kuhn.