Leonardo did not care about adhering to preconceptions, laws, dogmas and logical definitions that were considered untouchable and immutable about the world. He empathized with that fragment of reality that he approached to make artistically immortal. There was empathy precisely, that is, placing oneself in the state of mind of others, identifying oneself and emotionally involving oneself in the feelings of the other.
It was not just artists; scientists were also involved in an intellectual pursuit of their own. It was during this time that science developed theories and ideas that have helped shape today’s world. It began with Copernicus and Galileo who came up with a clear-cut understanding of the Earth’s position in the universe by proving that the Earth revolved around the sun and not the other way around. It is during this time that mathematicians had come up with new financial trading systems, thus making world navigation easier than ever.