Humanism in the Renaissance undoubtedly had a great influence on the development of natural science at that time. However, in the past, researchers in the history of science often stayed at the level that humanism inspired people's thinking and liberated people's thinking. Dobbs, on the other hand, put forward a new view that worshipping the ancients is an obvious feature of the Renaissance. In the fifteenth century, people enthusiastically searched for new classics, and every new discovery was hailed as a great achievement. Dubs believes that some of the first masters of the scientific revolution are trying to restore the ancient tradition and work in it. He said: "Without the knowledge source and background like Ptolemy or Galen, it is impossible to understand the work of Copernicus and Vesaliua. Even a century later, william harvey thought he was Aristotelian and claimed to benefit from Galen. " Dubs's point of view, if interpreted from the perspective of the history of thought or cognitive history, means that there is often a relationship of mutual inspiration between old ideas and new ideas. For those great scientists, reverence for the ancients does not prevent them from correcting their mistakes. According to Dubs, the original intention of humanism in praising the ancients may be to maintain these authorities. However, with the supplement and revision of ancient materials, new ideas have emerged, and a new scientific revolution may have emerged. Under the guidance of new philosophy and new methods, some people stood up bravely. They think that we can't quote the views of the ancients and Greeks as arguments at all. For example, Harvey discovered blood circulation. Although he admired Aristotle and Galen, he advocated that no matter learning or teaching anatomy, it should be based on actual anatomy. Not from the perspective of philosophers, but from the perspective of natural structure. Scientists must begin to establish new categories of facts, observations and experiments. Bacon's method is experimental, qualitative and inductive in nature, while Descartes' method is inferential, mechanical and deductive in nature. When Descartes' mechanistic philosophy was applied to human beings and creatures, various concepts of "vitality" that had been dominant before were pushed aside. Descartes' own work played an important role in the development of medical and physics schools in the late17th century. Therefore, the initial rise of the scientific revolution is inseparable from the formation of new scientific methods. From the experience of cognition, new methods and philosophy will inevitably open up a new path in traditional practice.

Another driving factor of modern scientific revolution is the application of mathematical methods. Its initial rise also benefited from people's obsession with Platonism and Pythagoras. The effect of mathematics on music is the most obvious. The so-called harmony is the harmonious relationship between numbers in the interval. This principle of harmony can also be seen in architectural design. No wonder Goethe regards architecture as solidified music. It seems that art will rise to a higher position as long as it presents the characteristics of numbers. Russell, as a logician, said: "Understanding the digital structure in things gives people new power to control the surrounding environment. In a sense, it makes people more like God. Pythagoras once regarded God as the supreme mathematician. If human beings can use and improve their mathematical skills to a certain extent, they will be closer to God's position. This is not to say that humanism is ungodly's, or contrary to the accepted religion. But it does show that the popular religious practice at that time tended to be regarded as routine, but in fact it was the ancient pre-Socrates theory that ignited the imagination of thinkers. In this way, in the field of philosophy, a new Platonism temperament has risen again. The emphasis on human strength is reminiscent of the optimism when Athens reached its peak. " It can be said that the application of mathematical methods played a great role in promoting the initial scientific revolution. The mathematical law of planetary motion summarized by Kepler or the mathematical expression of motion put forward by Galileo are milestones in the history of modern scientific development. With the application of mathematical methods in natural science, mathematics itself has made new progress. Leibniz and Newton invented calculus respectively, and these methods were quickly mastered by scientists at that time and became their tools for scientific research.

Whether it is natural science or humanities, its knowledge building is gradually built by countless people, but some people add revolutionary bricks and tiles through the next level, while others just add bricks and tiles as an intermediate link. In the process of understanding, human beings have to go through many ideological repetitions, comparisons, hesitations, temptations and guesses; Even in the wrong cognitive model, there may be positive factors. Galen's description of circulatory system has such special significance. It was by discovering the mistakes in his works that people in the Renaissance formed a new concept of blood flow. Galen believes that blood is formed in the liver, from which it flows out and is distributed to all parts of the body through veins. Venous blood is rich in natural essence, which can nourish body tissues and take away waste. This part of the venous blood eventually flows to the right ventricle. Galen assumes that there are pores between the left and right ventricles, and a very small amount of venous blood flows into the left lumen through these pores. Here, this part of the blood is mixed with the air from the lungs to form the essence needed for life. During the Renaissance, with the development of anatomy, Vesaliua uz denied Galen's wrong view that there were pores in the diaphragm of the heart, thus laying the foundation for Harvey's theory of blood circulation. In a sense, scientists and thinkers stand on the shoulders of their predecessors. From Copernicus to Kepler, from Galileo to Newton, we can see how the development of modern natural science is progressing step by step. Copernicus contributed to the revolutionary Heliocentrism, Kepler contributed to the model of planetary motion on the basis of Tycho's observation, Galileo contributed to the law of motion of stars through experiments on inclined planes and pendulums and thought experiments, and Newton was promoted to the law of motion of all objects, forming a strict mechanical theory. In the history of surplus value theory mentioned in the previous interview, we can see that the development of economic theory has a similar situation.

In short, the rise of the initial scientific revolution was inseparable from the promotion of humanism in the Renaissance. This promotion should be understood from two aspects. First, it promotes the study of classical culture, thus arousing interest in natural science and revising and innovating traditional natural philosophy. First, it has contributed to the formation of new scientific research methods, especially the application of mathematical methods, which has far-reaching influence. Of course, the fundamental driving force to promote scientific development is the development of social productive forces and science and technology. At that time, the development of technology was crucial. Bacon put it this way in New Tools: "Nothing is more striking than those three inventions that were unknown to the ancients (namely, printing, gunpowder and compass). These three great inventions have changed the face and situation of the whole world; The first is about literature, the second is about war, and the third is about navigation, which is followed by countless changes. In this sense, in human activities, no empire, no Sect, no planet is more powerful and influential than these mechanical discoveries. "