The Renaissance philosophy of man. Selections in translation, edited by Ernst Cassirer, Paul Oskar Kristeller [and] John Herman Randall, Jr.

Contributor Petrarca, Francesco, 1304-1374.

Imprint:Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [c1948]

Descriptionviii, 405 p. ; 20 cm.

Note:At head of title: Petrarca, Valla, Ficino, Pico, Pomponazzi, Vives.

Note:Includes index.

Note:I. FRANCESCO PETRARCA (tr. by Hans Nachod) : 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 --II. LORENZO VALLA (tr. by Charles Edward Trinkaus, Jr.) : Dialogue on free will -- III. MARSILIO FICINO (tr. by Josephine L. Burroughs) : Five questions concerning the mind -- IV. GIOVANNI PICO DELLA MIRANDOLA (tr. by Elizabeth Livermore Forbes) : Oration on the dignity of man -- V. PIETRO POMPONAZZI (tr. by William Henry Hay III; rev. by John Herman Randall, Jr.; annotated by Paul Oskar Kristeller) : On the immortality of the soul -- VI. JUAN LUIS VIVES (tr. by Nancy Lenkeith) : A fable about man.

Bibliography Note:Selective bibliography: p. 397-400.

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