A nice summary, Jakub. It's perhaps worth pointing out that scientific empiricism came about as a result of the dilution of the power of the Catholic Church to suppress "heresy." After Luther accidentally split the church, the various protestant sects splintered and multiplied, thus preventing the emergence of a second monolithic religious organization. As protestant churches had limited power, they couldn't crush the life out of intellectual inquiry like the Catholic Church and so scientific discoveries exploded across Northern Europe. It's notable that even today, long after the Catholic Church lost the power to imprison, torture, and burn people for disagreeing with its dogmas, Catholic countries continue to lag non-Catholic nations in terms of papers written, Nobel prizes gained, and all other measures of intellectual attainment. The dead hand of superstition weighs heavy and weighs for a very long time indeed. It's salutary to realize that had not Luther acted, we'd likely still be living in a Medieval mindset and none of our modern inventions would have come to pass.