The Renaissance philosophy of man
Subtitle: selections in translation
By: edited by Ernst Cassirer, Paul Oskar Kristeller, John Herman Randall, jr.
Contributors: Cassirer, Ernst, 1874-1945.; Kristeller, Paul Oskar, 1905-; Randall, John Herman, 1899-1980; Petrarca, Francesco, 1304-1374.
Series: Phoenix books -- P1
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 1956
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 405
Subjects: Philosophy, Medieval.; Human beings.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 397-400.

Includes index.
Table of contents: value: Francesco Petrarca, translated by H. Nachod: Introduction. A self-portrait. The ascent of Mount Ventoux. On his own ignorance and that of many others. A disapproval of an unreasonable use of the discipline of dialectic. An Averroist visits Petrarca. Petrarca's aversion to Arab science. A request to take up the fight against Averroes.; value: H. Lorenzo Valla, translated by C. E. Trinkaus, jr.: Introduction. Dialogue on free will.; value: Marsilio Ficino, translated by J. L. Burroughs: Introduction. Five questions concerning the mind.; value: Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, translated by Elizabeth Livermore Forbes: Introduction. Oration ond the dignity of man.; value: Pietro Pomponazzi, translated by W. H. Hay II, rev. by J. H. Randall, jr.: Introduction. On the immortality of the soul.; value: Juan Luis Vives, translated by N. Lenkeith: Introduction. A fable about man.