Renaissance philosophy of man: Selections in translation
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[Book]
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/ edited by Ernst Cassirer, Paul Oskar Kristeller [and] John Herman Randall, Jr
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Chicago
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, [1948].
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viii, 405 p.
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: 21 cm
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(Phoenix books
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; P1)
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At head of title: Petrarca, Valla, Ficino, Pico, Pomponazzi, Vives.
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Francesco Petrarca, translated by H. Nachod: Introduction. 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.--Lorenzo Valla, translated by C.E. Trinkaus, Jr.: Introduction by C.E. Trinkaus, Jr. Dialogue on free will.--Marsilio Ficino, translated by J.L. Burroughs: Introduction, by J.L. Burroughs. Five questions concerning the mind.-- Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, translated by E.L. Forbes Introduction, by P.O. Kristeller. Oration on the dignity of man.--Pietro Pomponazzi, translated by W.H. Hay. Introduction, by J.H. Randall. On the immortality of the soul.--Juan Luis Vives, t