The Renaissance philosophy of man
By: edited by Ernst Cassirer, Paul Oskar Kristeller [and] John Herman Randall, Jr., in collaboration with Hans Nachod [and others]
Contributors: Kristeller, Paul Oskar, 1905-1999; Randall, John Herman, Jr., 1899-1980
Series: [Chicago editions]
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 1956
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 404
Copyright date: 1948
Subjects: Medieval Philosophy
Table of contents: title: Francesco Petrarca: A self-portrait. The ascent of Mont Ventoux. On his own ignorance and that of many others. A disapproval of an unreasonable use of the discipline of dialectic. An Aerroist visits Petrarca. Petrarca's aversion to Arab science. A request to take up the fight against Averroes.-Lorenzo Valla: Dialogue on free will.-Marsilio Ficino: Five questions concerning the mind.-Giovanni Pico della Mirandola: Oration on the dignity of man.-Pieto Pomponazzi: On the immortality of the soul.-Juan Luis Vives: A fable about man.-Selective bibliography(p. 397-400); title: adam