Empiricism and Astronomy: Copernicus, Galileo, and Bacon

The great poets of the seventeenth century are noteworthy in their innovations in engaging with earlier literature to promote their own ideas.

The work of the major seventeenth century Christian Hebraists led to important advances in the development of the individual.

Out of the seventeenth century would emerge two of France’s greatest playwrights: Moliere and Racine.