Renaissance thought and its sources
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Renaissance thought and its sources
Columbia University Press, c1979
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Renaissance Thought and Its Sources presents the fruits of an extraordinary lifetime of scholarship: a systematic account of major themes in Renaissance philosophy, theology, science, and literature, show in their several settings. Here, in some of Paul Oskar Kristeller's most comprehensive and ambitious writings, is an exploration of the distinctive trends and concepts of the Renaissance, grounded in detailed historical investigation.All of these fourteen essays were originally delivered as lectures. Part One identifies the classical sources of Renaissance thought and exposes its essential physiognomy, indicating its humanist, Aristotelian, and Platonist traditions. The next two parts present Renaissance thought in the historical context of the Latin and Greek Middle Ages. Part Four offers a thematic study of Renaissance thought, examining its characteristic conceptions of man's dignity, destiny, and grasp of truth. Part Five forms a summary from the perspective of a central theme of Renaissance intellectual life and of the entire Western tradition: the relation of language to thought and the seemingly insoluble contest between our literary and philosophical traditions.The reader of "Renaissance Thought and its Sources" enjoys the results of meticulous study in a concise yet comprehensive format.
Throughout, Kristeller achieves a graceful blending of sever historical scholarship and adherence to humane values that the editor calls "nearly a lost art in our times."
Table of Contents
Editor's Preface Introduction Part One: Renaissance Thought and Classical Antiquity Introduction 1. The Humanist Movement 2. The Aristotelian Tradition 3. Renaissance Platonism 4. Paganism and Christianity Part Two: Renaissance Thought and the Middle Ages 5. Humanism and Scholasticism in the Italian Renaissance 6. Renaissance Philosophy and the Medieval Tradition Part Three: Renaissance Thought and Byzantine Learning 7. Italian Humanism and Byzantium 8. Byzantine and Western Platonism in the Fifteenth Century Part Four: Renaissance Concepts of Man Introduction 9. The Dignity of Man 10. The Immortality of the Soul 11. The Unity of Truth Part Five: Philosophy and Rhetoric From Antiquity to the Renaissance Introduction 12. Classical Antiquity 13. The Middle Ages 14. The Renaissance Notes Index
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