Renaissance and Revolution: The Remaking of European Thought

ISBN-13: 9780367272524 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 362 str.

Joseph Anthony Mazzeo

Opis

Originally published in 1967, this book discusses some key writers of the Renaissance: Machiavelli, Castiglione, Bacon and Hobbes and compares their work by relating it that of others in England and elsewhere. The book also contrasts various currents of thought in the Renaissance with their medieval counterparts or forerunners.

Spis treści

1. Renaissance and Humanism: The New Education 2. Machiavelli: The New Ethics and Politics 3. Castiglione’s Courtier: The Self as a Work of Art 4. Bacon: The New Philosophy 5. Hobbes: The Scientific Secularization of the World 6. The Idea of Progress: Science and Poetry

O autorze

Joseph Anthony Mazzeo