Author: Rocío G. Sumillera
Publisher: MHRA
ISBN: 1907322817
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Juan Huarte de San Juan (1529-1588) was a Spanish physician and natural philosopher who strove to answer why men possess specific natural abilities that prepare them to excel only in particular fields of knowledge. With his treatise Examen de ingenios para las ciencias (Baeza, 1575), dedicated to King Philip II, Huarte hoped to form a body of naturally accomplished professionals by providing readers with clues to identify their leading wit and the career path associated with it. The book experienced such overwhelming success in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries—it underwent fifty-five editions in six different languages—that it is now considered one of the most influential Spanish scientific books of the early modern period. The present edition modernizes the text of Richard Carew’s The Examination of Men’s Wits (London, 1594), the first rendering into English of Huarte’s work—via a previous Italian translation. In addition, the Introduction contextualizes both the Spanish and the English texts and their authors, discusses the censorship imposed by the Inquisition, the (often deliberate) textual divergences of the English translation, the multiple translations and editions the book underwent in early modern Europe, and its domestic and European reception, with a focus on the English scientific, educational and literary arenas. William Camden, John Marston, Ben Jonson and Sir Francis Bacon are some of the household names acquainted with Huarte’s theories, thanks to Richard Carew’s widely read English version.
Richard Carew, The Examination of Men's Wits
Author: Rocío G. Sumillera
Publisher: MHRA
ISBN: 1907322817
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Juan Huarte de San Juan (1529-1588) was a Spanish physician and natural philosopher who strove to answer why men possess specific natural abilities that prepare them to excel only in particular fields of knowledge. With his treatise Examen de ingenios para las ciencias (Baeza, 1575), dedicated to King Philip II, Huarte hoped to form a body of naturally accomplished professionals by providing readers with clues to identify their leading wit and the career path associated with it. The book experienced such overwhelming success in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries—it underwent fifty-five editions in six different languages—that it is now considered one of the most influential Spanish scientific books of the early modern period. The present edition modernizes the text of Richard Carew’s The Examination of Men’s Wits (London, 1594), the first rendering into English of Huarte’s work—via a previous Italian translation. In addition, the Introduction contextualizes both the Spanish and the English texts and their authors, discusses the censorship imposed by the Inquisition, the (often deliberate) textual divergences of the English translation, the multiple translations and editions the book underwent in early modern Europe, and its domestic and European reception, with a focus on the English scientific, educational and literary arenas. William Camden, John Marston, Ben Jonson and Sir Francis Bacon are some of the household names acquainted with Huarte’s theories, thanks to Richard Carew’s widely read English version.
Publisher: MHRA
ISBN: 1907322817
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Juan Huarte de San Juan (1529-1588) was a Spanish physician and natural philosopher who strove to answer why men possess specific natural abilities that prepare them to excel only in particular fields of knowledge. With his treatise Examen de ingenios para las ciencias (Baeza, 1575), dedicated to King Philip II, Huarte hoped to form a body of naturally accomplished professionals by providing readers with clues to identify their leading wit and the career path associated with it. The book experienced such overwhelming success in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries—it underwent fifty-five editions in six different languages—that it is now considered one of the most influential Spanish scientific books of the early modern period. The present edition modernizes the text of Richard Carew’s The Examination of Men’s Wits (London, 1594), the first rendering into English of Huarte’s work—via a previous Italian translation. In addition, the Introduction contextualizes both the Spanish and the English texts and their authors, discusses the censorship imposed by the Inquisition, the (often deliberate) textual divergences of the English translation, the multiple translations and editions the book underwent in early modern Europe, and its domestic and European reception, with a focus on the English scientific, educational and literary arenas. William Camden, John Marston, Ben Jonson and Sir Francis Bacon are some of the household names acquainted with Huarte’s theories, thanks to Richard Carew’s widely read English version.
The Warming Stone, First Found Out by Sir Richard Carew ... who was Himself Cured of Several Distempers by It; and by the Use Thereof Cured Many Thousands in the West, Etc
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Pages : 16
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Pages : 16
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The Survey of Cornwall
Author: Richard Carew
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3734018455
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 234
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Reproduction of the original: The Survey of Cornwall by Richard Carew
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3734018455
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 234
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Reproduction of the original: The Survey of Cornwall by Richard Carew
Select Cases and Other Authorities on the Law of Property
Author: John Chipman Gray
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Category : Personal property
Languages : en
Pages : 812
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Category : Personal property
Languages : en
Pages : 812
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Tasso's 'Godfrey of Bulloigne', 5 cantos. Tr. by R. Carew. Ed., with intr. and notes by A.B. Grosart
Author: Torquato Tasso
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Languages : en
Pages : 302
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Languages : en
Pages : 302
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The Visitations of the County of Devon
Author: John Lambrick Vivian
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Category : Devon (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 901
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Category : Devon (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 901
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The Manuscripts of the House of Lords
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 528
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 528
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The Manuscripts of the House of Lords: 1697-1699 (H.L. 175)
Author: Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 532
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 532
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Carew's Survey of Cornwall
Author: Richard Carew
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Category : Cornish
Languages : en
Pages : 618
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Category : Cornish
Languages : en
Pages : 618
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The Law Times Reports
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Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 866
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Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 866
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