Renaissance philosophy of man
By: ed. by Ernst Cassirer, Paul Oskar Kristeller [and] John Herman Randall, Jr.
Contributors: Kristeller, Paul Oskar, 1905-; Randall, John Herman, 1899-
Series: Phoenix books
Publisher: Univ. of Chicago Press
Published: 1948
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 405
Subjects: Philosophy, Medieval.
Table of contents: value: 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 Averroist visits Petrarca. Petrarca's aversion to Arab science. A request to take up the fight against Averroes.; value: Lorenzo Valla: Dialogue on free will.; value: Marsilio Ficino: Five questions concerning the mind.; value: Giovanni Pico della Mirandola: Oration on the dignity of man.; value: Pietro Pomponazzi: On the immortality of the soul.; value: Juan Luis Vives: A fable about man.; value: Selective bibliography (p. 397-400).; value: Index.