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- John Milton
- PARADISE LOST: biblical epic when he tries to "justify the ways of God to man," Satan is the hero in the book
- Sir Thomas More
- UTOPIA: father of Civic humanism: showed how good people would live if they followed the social and political ideas of Chrisitanity
- Montesquieu
- SPIRIT OF LAWS: described the ideal system of government (checks and balances for example)
- Francis Bacon
- wrote ADVANCEMENT OF LEARNING; the message advocated experimental approaches to knowledge (inductive reasoning)
- Isaac Newton
- PRINCIPIA: his principles of universal gravitation
- Nicolaus Copernicus
- ON THE REVOLUTIONS OF THE HEAVENLY SPHERES: suggested the heliocentric theory and did not include the heavens, it contradicted the Bible and the Catholic Church
- Ignatius Loyola
- SPIRITUAL EXERCISES: ideas that influenced the jesuits
- Castiglione
- THE BOOK OF THE COURTIER: talked about the necessary qualities of a gentleman: need to live an active and educated life
- John Calvin
- INSTITUTES OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION: emphasized predestination and he rejected the medieval Church. he believed that the church and state should be united under the Calvinist faith
- Erasmus
- IN PRAISE OF FOLLY: made fun of the world and the clergy, emphasized the uses of tolerance, restraint, and education. he hoped his teasing would lead to future reforms within the church
- Petrarch
- Sonnets to Laura: father of humanism
- Cervantes
- DON QUIZOTE: illustrated gaps between rich and poor in society and its increase