The Italian Renaissance and the Origins of the Modern Humanities: An Intellectual History, 1400-1800

ISBN-13: 9781108833400 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 336 str.

Maryland) Cele Christopher S. (The Johns Hopkins University

Opis

This book is of interest to all those who value and seek to understand the humanities. Beginning in the Italian Renaissance and ending in the European Enlightenment, this book touches on how people in the past changed their reading habits, and how technology changed their perception of truth.

Recenzje

'This is a thoughtful book on an important topic … Highly recommended.' P. Grendler, Choice

Spis treści

1. Philology, the Italian renaissance, and authorship; 2. Lorenzo Valla, philology, emotion; 3. Losing your identity: Angelo Decembrio; 4. Trust and authenticity; 5. Pursuing a love of knowledge; 6. Shaping knowledge; 7. Forgetting philology: Rene Descartes; 8. Certainty. Skepticism; 9. Echoes.