Angelo Poliziano's Lamia : text, translation, and introductory studies
Author(s)
Bibliographic Information
Angelo Poliziano's Lamia : text, translation, and introductory studies
(Brill's studies in intellectual history, v. 189 . Brill's texts and sources in intellectual history ; v. 7)
Brill, 2010
- Other Title
-
Lamia
Available at / 2 libraries
-
No Libraries matched.
- Remove all filters.
Note
English and Latin; editorial matter in English
Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-267) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
In 1492, Angelo Poliziano published his Lamia, a praelectio, or opening oration to a course he would teach that academic year on Aristotle's Prior Analytics at the Florentine university. Having heard murmurings that he was not philosopher enough to teach the Aristotelian text, Poliziano strikes back, offering in effect a fable-tinted history of philosophy. More than a repudiation of local gossip, the text represents a rethinking of the mission of philosophy. This volume offers the first English translation, an edition of the Latin text, and four studies that set this rich example of humanist Latin writing in context.
Brill's Texts and Sources in Intellectual History, vol. 7.
Table of Contents
Preface
Abbreviations
Poliziano's Lamia in Context, Christopher S. Celenza
On the Shoulders of Grammatica: John of Salisbury's Metalogicon and Poliziano's Lamia, Francesco Caruso
The Role of the Philosopher in Late Quattrocento Florence: Poliziano's Lamia and the Legacy of the Pico-Barbaro Epistolary Controversy, Igor Candido
Angelo Poliziano's Lamia: Neoplatonic Commentaries and the Plotinian Dichotomy between the Philologist and the Philosopher, Denis J.-J. Robichaud
Angelo Poliziano, Lamia: Latin text, Edited by Christopher S. Celenza
Angelo Poliziano, Lamia: English translation, Translated by Christopher S. Celenza
Bibliography
Index
by "Nielsen BookData"