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.
在科学革命发生之前 古人相信一切重要而可知的事物 都已经被了解了 这些知识被高高供起在古籍里，经院中 还在日常生活的惯用窍门中被深信不疑 而这些窍门，和许多谬论一同 都成了根深蒂固的教条