The Renaissance philosophy of man.
Subtitle: Selections in translation
By: edited by Ernst Cassirer, Paul Oskar Kristeller [and] John Herman Randall, Jr.
Contributors: Kristeller, Paul Oskar, 1905- ed.; Randall, John Herman, 1899- joint ed.
Series: Phoenix books, P1
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 1967
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 405
Subjects: Philosophy, Renaissance; Philosophical anthropology -- History
Notes: At head of title: Petrarca, Valla, Ficino, Pico, Pomponazzi, Vives.
Table of contents: title: Francesco Petrarca, translated by H. Nachod: Introduction. 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. Petraca's aversion to Arab science. A request to take up the fight against Averroes.; title: Lorenzo Valla, translated by C.E. Trinkaus, Jr.: Introduction by C.E. Trinkaus, Jr. Dialogue on free will.; title: Marsilio Ficino, translated by J.L. Burroughs: Introduction, by J.L. Burroughs. Five questions concerning the mind.; title: Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, translated by E.L. Forbes Introduction, by P.O. Kristeller. Oration on the dignity of man.; title: Pietro Pomponazzi, translated by W.H. Hay. Introduction, by J.H. Randall. On the immortality of the soul.; title: Juan Luis Vives, translated by N. Lenkeith: Introduction, by N. Lenkeith. A fable about man.; title: Selective bibliography (p. 397-400)