The Renaissance Philosophy of Man by Ernst Cassirer
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.Ernst Cassirer (1874-1945) was a German-Jewish philosopher who spoke at a number of German and American colleges. He wrote many volumes, including The Myth of the State, An Essay on Man, and Language and Myth, among others.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780226096049 |
| ISBN 10 | 0226096041 |
| Title | The Renaissance Philosophy of Man |
| Author | Ernst Cassirer |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | The University of Chicago Press |
| Year published | 1956-02-15 |
| Number of pages | 413 |
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