Age of Adventure: The Renaissance Philosophers [The Mentor Philosophers Series]

In the Renaissance, a period of great discovery, philosophers devoted themselves to a study of life on earth rather than in heaven, hell, and purgatory, and brought forth radical ideas about man's freedom and ability to carve out uncharted paths in all fields. Covering one of the world's most adventurous eras of human thought and endeavor, this fascinating volume contains selections, astronomy, literature, architecture, politics, and religion. Basic writings of: Da Vinci, More, Machiavelli, Michelangelo, Erasmus, Copernicus, Montaigne, Kepler, Galileo, and Giordano Bruno.