GBK 401--Origins of the Modern World View in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries

• Aristotle (384-322 B.C.)
  1. Björn's Guide to Philosophy
  2. A Dictionary of Philosophical Terms and Names
  3. Glass Bead Game
  4. Infed: the informal education homepage
  5. The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
  6. New Advent Catholic Website
  7. Rhetoric Resources at Tech

  Physics (350 B.C.)

  1. Eris Project [gopher, text]
  2. The Internet Classic Archives [491 K, html]

• Sir. Francis Bacon (1561-1626)
  1. Björn's Guide to Philosophy
  2. The Galileo Project
  3. The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
  4. Luminarium
  5. New Advent Catholic Website

  Essays (1597-1625)

  1. Björn's Guide to Philosophy [html]
  2. The Eris Project [gopher, text]
  3. http://www.ultranet.com/~ngr2/BaconEssays.html

  Novum Organon (1620)

• Rene Descartes (1596-1650)
  1. Björn's Guide to Philosophy
  2. A Dictionary of Philosophical Terms and Names
  3. The Galileo Project
  4. Glass Bead Game
  5. The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
  6. Lucid Cafe [html]
  7. New Advent Catholic Website
  8. Philosopher All-Stars

  Discourse on the Method of Rightly Conducting the Reason, and Seeking Truth in the Sciences (c. 1637-1644)

  1. The English Server at CMU [gopher, text, lg.]
  2. Factasia
  3. The Wiretap Internet Electronic Text Archive [gopher,text]
  4. Philosophy Text Collection (The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy) [html]
  5. http://ockham.philos.phil.tu-bs.de/Texte/Descartes/Discourse.html [html]

• John Donne (1572-1631)
  1. Christian Classics Ethereal Library
  2. Luminarium
  3. http://www.uslink.net/~snoopy/donne.html

  Sonnets

  1. The Eris Project
  2. Luminarium
  3. Representative Poetry
  4. Richard's Poetry Library

• Galileo Galilei (1564-1642)
  1. The Art of Renaissance Science
  2. The Galileo Project
  3. The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
  4. Lucid Cafe [html]
  5. MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive Biography [html]
  6. New Advent Catholic Website

  Mathmatical Demonstrations Concerning Two New Sciences (1638)

• George Herbert (1593-1633)
  1. Luminarium

  Selected Poetry

  1. Luminarium
  2. Representative Poetry [Index to Poems, html]

• Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679)
  1. Björn's Guide to Philosophy
  2. A Dictionary of Philosophical Terms and Names
  3. ILTweb Digital Text Projects
  4. The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy [html]
  5. The Pessimists Page

  The Leviathan (1651)

  1. The Eris Project [lg., txt]
  2. InterQuest: Introducing Philosophy [html]

• Nicolo Machiavelli (1469-1527)
  1. A Dictionary of Philosophical Terms and Names
  2. The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
  3. Lucid Cafe [html]
  4. The Monastery of Saint Machiavelli

  The Prince (c. 1515)

  1. The Eris Project [gopher, text]
  2. ILTweb Digital Text Projects [TOC, html]

• Blaise Pascal (1623-1662)
  1. Glass Bead Game
  2. MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive
  3. New Advent Catholic Website
  4. The Realm of Existentialism

  Pensées (1670)

  1. Christian Classics Ethereal Library [html]
  2. The English Server at CMU [gopher, lg., txt]
  3. The Eris Project [gopher, text]

• William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
  1. Shakespeare Illustrated
  2. Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet

  Works

  1. The Litrix Reading Room [html]
  2. The Oxford English Dictionary Online [html, TOC]
  3. The Tech Classic Archives [Index of Plays, html]

  Sonnets (1609)

  1. The Eris Project [gopher, text]
  2. The Litrix Reading Room
  3. Representative Poetry [Index of Poems, html]
  4. The Tech Classic Archives [html]

  The Tragedy of King Lear (1605-1606)

  1. The Eris Project [gopher, text]
  2. The Litrix Reading Room [html]
  3. The Tech Classic Archives [html]

  Tempest

  1. The Eris Project [gopher, text]
  2. The Litrix Reading Room [html]
  3. The Tech Classic Archives [html]

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