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13 Cards in this Set
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Desiderius Erasmus |
Dutch Cathologic Theologian/ Priest; "Prince of Humanists", 1400s-1500s On Free Will, Praise of Folly, Handbook of a Christian Knight, Copia: Foundations of the Abundant Style, Julius Exclusus |
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Niccolo Machiavelli |
Italian Political Thinker, 1400s-1500s The Prince |
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Nicolaus Copernicus |
Prussian Astronomer; Creator of the heliocentric model, 1400s-1500s On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres |
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Francois Rabelais |
French Satirist/ Humanist, 1500s Gargantua and Pantagruel |
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John Calvin |
French Protestant Theologian; Father of Calvinism, 1500s Institutes of the Christian Religion |
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Michel de Montaigne |
French Skeptic Writer; Master of the Essay form, 1500s Essais |
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Miguel de Cervantes |
Spanish Writer/ Poet/ Playwright; Father of the Modern Novel, 1500s-1600s Don Quixote |
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Francis Bacon |
English Philosopher, Statesman, Scientist; Creator of Empiricism, 1500s-1600s
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Galileo Gallilei |
Italian Physicist and Astronomer; Father of Modern Physics, 1500s-1600s Dialogue considering the two chief world systems |
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William Shakespeare |
British Playwright; The greatest writer of the english language, 1500s-1600s
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Johannes Kepler |
German Mathematician/ Astronomer, 1500s-1600s Astronomia nova, Harmonices Mundi, Epitome of Copernican Astronomy |
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William Harvey |
British Physician; Discoverer of the Circulatory System, 1500s-1600s On the Motion of the Heart and Blood |
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Thomas Hobbes |
British Political Philosopher; Father of Realism, 1500s-1600s Leviathan |