Renaissance philosophy of man.
Subtitle: Selections
By: edited by Ernst Cassirer, Paul Oskar Kristeller [and] John Herman Randall, Jr.
Contributors: Kristeller, Paul Oskar, 1905-; Randall, John Herman, 1899-
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 1971
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 405
Subjects: Philosophy, Renaissance.; Human beings.
Notes: At head of title : Petrarca, Valla, Ficino, Pico, Pomponazzi, Vives.
Table of contents: value: Francesco Petrarca, translated by H. Nachod : Introduction.  A self-portrait.  The ascent of Monti Ventoux.  On his own ignorance and that of many others.  A disapproval of an unreasonable use of the dicipline of dialectic.  An Averroist visits Petrarca.  Petrarca's aversion to Arab science.  A request to take up the fight against Averroes.; value: Lorenzo Valia, translated by C. E. Trinkaus, Jr. : Introduction, by C. E. Trinkaus, Jr.  Dialogue on free will.; value: Marsillio Ficino, translated by J. L. Burroughs : Introduction, by J. L. Burroughs.  Five questions concerning the mind.; value: Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, translated by E. L. Forbes.  Introduction, by P. O. Kristeller.  Oration on the dignity of man.; value: Pietro Pomponazzi, translated by W. H. Hay.  Introduction, by J. H. Randall.  On the immortality of the soul.; value: Juan Luis Vives, translated by N. Lenkeith : Introduction by N. Lenkeith.  A fable about man.; value: Selective bibliography (p. 397-400)