Before the Scientific Revolution, they believed that everything important, knowable, was already known, enshrined in ancient writings, institutions, and in some genuinely useful rules of thumb -- which were, however, entrenched as dogmas, along with many falsehoods.
Vóór de wetenschappelijke revolutie geloofde men dat alles wat belangrijk was om weten al gekend was, vastgelegd in oude geschriften, instituten en in enkele echt nuttige vuistregels die echter samen met vele onwaarheden verankerd waren in dogma's.