Abstract

The Renaissance was a period in which the world went throught numerous changes. These changes were reflected in knowledge. In an effort to respond to new findings, science had to undergo a certain revision. This revision manifested itself in several attempts to create a new classification of knowledge. We can find such an attempt to create a certain classification in Philip Sidney´s The Defence of Poesy, where his classification is closely related to his definition of poetry. The aim of the study is therefore to interpret Sidney´s classification of knowledge.