The Renaissance Philosophy of Man

Petrarca, Valla, Ficino, Pico, Pomponazzi, Vives

Ernst Cassirer author John Herman Randall editor Ernst Cassirer editor Paul Oskar Kristeller editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:The University of Chicago Press

Published:1st Feb '56

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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.

ISBN: 9780226096049

Dimensions: 20mm x 14mm x 3mm

Weight: 482g

413 pages