Screen LibraryPhilosophers of the Renaissance
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Catholic University of America Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Washington, D.C. |
| Publication Dates: | c2010. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Item Description: | Philosophen der Renaissance. |
| Carrier Form: | vii, 323 p.: ; 23 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780813217260 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0813217261 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | B504 |
| CLC: | B504 |
| Call Number: | B504/P568 |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-308) and index. Introduction: philosophy in the Renaissance / Paul Richard Blum -- Ramon Lull (1232-1316) : the activity of God and the hominization of the world / Charles Lohr -- George Gemistos Plethon (ca. 1360-1454), George of Trebizond (1396-1472), and Cardinal Bessarion (1403-1472) : the controversy between Platonists and Aristotelians in the fifteenth century / Peter Schulz -- Lorenzo Valla (1406/7-1457) : humanism as philosophy / Paul Richard Blum -- Nicholas of Cusa (1401-1464) : squaring the circle : politics, piety, and rationality / Detlef Thiel -- Leon Battista Alberti (1404-1472) : philosophy "Philosophers of the Renaissance introduces readers to philosophical thinking from the end of the Middle Ages through the sixteenth century. International specialists portray the thought of twenty-one individual philosophers, illustrating their life and work and highlighting the importance of their thinking. The book weaves together their stories by emphasizing the unity of Renaissance philosophy in its attempt to find a philosophical method, combine religious and political thought, analyze language, and discuss the practical dimension of philosophy. Originally published in German in 1998, t |