Three Golden Ages: Discovering the Creative Secrets of Renaissance Florence, Elizabethan England, and America's FoundingMadison Books, 1998 - 656 Seiten Historian Alf J. Mapp, Jr., delves into the economic, social, and artistic characteristics of three of the most intensely creative periods in Western history to explore the qualities that enabled these societies to make staggering jumps in scientific knowledge, develop new political structures, and create timeless works of art. With his insight into Renaissance Florence, Elizabethan England, and Revolutionary War-era America and his discussion of the key leaders and thinkers who helped shape each period, Mapp heightens our understanding of the elements that nurture sparks of progress and innovation in every civilization. |
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... nature of things by mingling its own nature with it . Bacon defined the Idols of the Cave as the idols of the individual man . For everyone ( besides the errors com- mon to human nature in general ) has a cave or den of his own , which ...
... nature of things by mingling its own nature with it . Bacon defined the Idols of the Cave as the idols of the individual man . For everyone ( besides the errors com- mon to human nature in general ) has a cave or den of his own , which ...
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... nature and philosophy " to penetrate the mind of God rather than to study God's works . The devices of science should be devoted to measurement of the substances and forces of the physical world . He admonished , " Men must soberly and ...
... nature and philosophy " to penetrate the mind of God rather than to study God's works . The devices of science should be devoted to measurement of the substances and forces of the physical world . He admonished , " Men must soberly and ...
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... Nature and Nature's God " addressed in the Declaration of Independence . The fruit of this soul - searching was a remarkable poem , " Thanatopsis , " to this day one of the most famous in the English language . Only minor changes were ...
... Nature and Nature's God " addressed in the Declaration of Independence . The fruit of this soul - searching was a remarkable poem , " Thanatopsis , " to this day one of the most famous in the English language . Only minor changes were ...
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The Persistent Question | 3 |
Waking the Dead | 13 |
Lorenzo the Magnificent | 21 |
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