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The Renaissance Philosophy of Man: Petrarca, Valla, Ficino, Pico, Pomponazzi, Vives (Phoenix Books)

By Ernst Cassirer , Paul Oskar Kristeller , John Herman Randall Jr.

Book information

Year
1956
ISBN
0226096041, 9780226096049, 1436713188, 9781436713184, 1432561731, 9781432561734
Open Library ID
OL7415724M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
30 MB (31540514 bytes)
Pages
413\411
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Despite our admiration for Renaissance achievement in the arts and sciences, in literature and classical learning, the rich and diversified philosophical thought of the period remains largely unknown. This volume illuminates three major currents of thought dominant in the earlier Italian Renaissance: classical humanism (Petrarch and Valla), Platonism (Ficino and Pico), and Aristotelianism (Pomponazzi). A short and elegant work of the Spaniard Vives is included to exhibit the diffusion of the ideas of humanism and Platonism outside Italy. Now made easily accessible, these texts recover for the English reader a significant facet of Renaissance learning.

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