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Terry Castle's The Female Thermometer

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been lost. Why does nearly everyone look back at that loss of innocence with bittersweet thought? Is it because we were taught as we grew older that magic did not  exist, that only that which was scientifically and empirically verifiable was real? For most, that is exactly what happened, only some part of us, that tiny part which stubbornly refused  to totally let the little child go, knows better. Terry Castle in her book, The Female Thermometer shakes up previously held concepts and determines that science is as much a  religion as it is a viable discipline. As such, she claims, might it not still be possible that magic, or the uncanny, still exists, but that we have simply forgotten  how to see it? The Age of Enlightenment was a time of great contrasts. The era was both a rebirth and new beginning. The traditional was being exchanged for the  new and innovative, which brought great revolution to nearly every facet of society. Castle states that this new age ushered in the age of reason and anything that was not  quantitative was discarded. There was great faith in the instrument of reason rather than mere accumulation of knowledge. Doctrinal substance was not  as important as overall philosophy. These ideas are apparent in nearly every facet of society at the time, states Castle. In particular it mixed the theoretical with the practical, and  had no use for theory without practical application. This can be said to be the secret weapon which unleashed the scientific-technological-industrial revolution of modern times.  Unfortunately, many of the scientific deductions were far from brilliant. In fact, the most common answer for those things which were not yet explainable by science were labeled