The Individual and the Cosmos in Renaissance PhilosophyThis thought-provoking classic investigates how the Renaissance spirit fundamentally questioned and undermined medieval thought. Of value to students of literature, political theory, history of religious and Reformation thought, and the history of science. "Should be widely used by students of the various literature of political theory." — John Herman Randall, Jr. |
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