Immerse yourself in the timeless beauty and profound wisdom of the Renaissance with Walter Pater’s seminal work, "The Re......more
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The story of one of the most important--and incendiary--books in Western history When it appeared in 1670, Baruch Spinoz......more
A celebration of Montaigne, the most enjoyable and yet profound of all Renaissance writers. In the year 1570, at the age......more
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Living at a time of religious strife and the decline of the intellectual optimism that had begun in the Renaissance, Mic......more
The problems that taxed the minds of people during the Renaissance were much the same as those confronting us today. In ......more
The Ptolemaic system of the universe, with the earth at the center, had held sway since antiquity as authoritative in ph......more
The brilliant German mathematician Johannes Kepler (1571-1630), one of the founders of modern astronomy, revolutionized ......more
Francis Bacon (1561-1626), scientist, lawyer, and statesman, occupies a unique position in English letters. His most wid......more
Reflections by the creator of the essay form display the humane, skeptical, humorous, and honest views of Montaigne, rev......more
An Apology for Raymond Sebond is widely regarded as the greatest of Montaigne s essays: a supremely eloquent expression ......more