Plutarch's Prism: Classical Reception and Public Humanism in France and England, 1500-1800

ISBN-13: 9781009243483 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 400 str.

Rebecca (University of Toronto) Kingston

Opis

Explores the reception of Plutarch in early modern French and English political thought, with a focus on the theme of public service.

Recenzje

'The subject of this impressive book can be stated concisely: it examines the reception of the writings of Plutarch (around 45–120 CE) in France and England from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment. … A reader of this book cannot help but come away with a deeper appreciation for how exceptionally important Plutarch was for the development of modern thought in France and England.' Vickie Sullivan, Perspectives on Politics

Spis treści

List of figures; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I. Setting the Stage: 1. A brief introduction to Plutarch and a comparison of Cicero and Plutarch on public ethics; 2. The secret history of Plutarch (and the history of Pseudo-Plutarch) and a brief account of reception in renaissance Italy; Part II. 3. Plutarch in early French renaissance public humanism: Geoffroy Tory and Guillaume Budé; 4. Plutarch in early French renaissance public humanism: Desiderius Erasmus and Claude de Seyssel; 5. Tudor Plutarch; 6. Plutarch in later French humanism and reformation: Georges de Selve, Jacques Amyot and Jean Bodin; 7. Bernard de Girard Du Haillan and Michel de Montaigne on thinking through the public good in a time of civil discord; Part III. 8. Shedding new light on Thomas Hobbes' Leviathan (1651); 9. Plutarch on stage: Shakespeare, Pierre Corneille and Jean Racine; 10. Plutarch in the long eighteenth century with a focus on British and Irish political thought; 11. Plutarch in French enlightenment thought: the Abbé de Saint-Pierre, the Abbé Mably and Jean-Jacques Rousseau; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.