Author: John OwenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
The Skeptics of the Italian Renaissance
Author: John OwenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
The Debate Over the Origin of Genius During the Italian Renaissance
Author: Noel L. BrannPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9789004123625
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 530
Book Description
This study explores a prominent Italian Renaissance theme, the origin of genius, revealing how the coalescence of a Platonic theory of divine frenzy and an Aristotelian theory of melancholy genius eventually disintegrated under the force of late Renaissance events.
The Skeptics of the French Renaissance
Author: John OwenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
Chapter I: Montaigne -- chapter II: Peter Ramus -- chapter III: Charron -- chapter IV: Sanchez -- chapter V: La Mothe-Le-Vayer -- chapter VI: Pascal -- Index to literary references -- Index to subjects
The Culture Wars of the Late Renaissance
Author: Edward MuirPublisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674041267
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
In this book, Muir explores an era of cultural innovation that promoted free inquiry in the face of philosophical and theological orthodoxy, advocated libertine morals, critiqued the tyranny of aristocratic fathers over their daughters, and expanded the theatrical potential of grand opera. In so doing, he reveals the distinguished past of today's culture wars, including debates about the place of women in society, the clash between science and faith, and the power of the arts to stir emotions.
The Cambridge Companion to the Italian Renaissance
Author: Michael WyattPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521876060
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 471
Book Description
Leading international contributors present a lively and interdisciplinary panorama of the Italian Renaissance as it has developed in recent decades.
The Quarterly Review
Author: William GiffordPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 620
Book Description
Selected Essays and Papers of Richard Copley Christie
Author: Richard Copley ChristiePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 490
Book Description
“The” Quarterly Review
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 606
Book Description
The Italian Renaissance and the Origins of the Modern Humanities
Author: Christopher S. CelenzaPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108988873
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 341
Book Description
Christopher Celenza is one of the foremost contemporary scholars of the Renaissance. His ambitious new book focuses on the body of knowledge which we now call the humanities, charting its roots in the Italian Renaissance and exploring its development up to the Enlightenment. Beginning in the fifteenth century, the author shows how thinkers like Lorenzo Valla and Angelo Poliziano developed innovative ways to read texts closely, paying attention to historical context, developing methods to determine a text's authenticity, and taking the humanities seriously as a means of bettering human life. Alongside such novel reading practices, technology – the invention of printing with moveable type – fundamentally changed perceptions of truth. Celenza also reveals how luminaries like Descartes, Diderot, and D'Alembert – as well as many lesser-known scholars – challenged traditional ways of thinking. Celenza's authoritative narrative demonstrates above all how the work of the early modern humanist philosophers had a profound impact on the general quest for human wisdom. His magisterial volume will be essential reading for all those who value the humanities and their fascinating history.
London and Westminster Review
Author: Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 726
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