UPSC History Optional · Paper II · 1989 · Q5(a) · 20 marks
‘The discovery of the new world, coinciding with the swift diffusion of printed books, taught the Europeans that ‘Truth', in Bacon’s noble phrase, is the daughter not of authority, but of time.’
- Chapter
- Enlightenment and Modern ideas
- Topic
- Geographical Discoveries
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