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Renaissance Quest for Knowledge

Doctor Faustus is a typical Renaissance man with a craving for infinite knowledge about himself, mankind, and the world. He rebels against the limitations of medieval knowledge and restrictions on humankind. Due to his universal desire for enlightenment, Faustus makes a contract for knowledge and power in order to go beyond human limitations and rise to greater achievements, proving he can become greater than he currently is.

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Renaissance Quest for Knowledge

Doctor Faustus is a typical Renaissance man with a craving for infinite knowledge about himself, mankind, and the world. He rebels against the limitations of medieval knowledge and restrictions on humankind. Due to his universal desire for enlightenment, Faustus makes a contract for knowledge and power in order to go beyond human limitations and rise to greater achievements, proving he can become greater than he currently is.

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The most important thing in the Renaissance is craving for 'knowledge infinite.

Doctor
Faustus is a typical Renaissance man as he has a desire for knowledge. He wants to find out
more about himself, his fellow man, and the world around him
According to the Renaissance view

 Faustus rebels against the limitations of medieval knowledge


 And the restriction that put upon humankind.
 Because of his universal desire for enlightenment, Faustus makes a contract for
knowledge and power.
 His desire, according to the Renaissance, is to go beyond human limitation and rise to
greater achievements and heights.
 In the purest sense, Faustus wants to prove that he can become greater than he
presently is.
 Because of his desire to go beyond human limitations

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