Humanism, Theology, and Spiritual Crisis in Renaissance Florence: Giovanni Caroli’s Liber dierum lucensium

Humanism, Theology, and Spiritual Crisis in Renaissance Florence: Giovanni Caroli’s Liber dierum lucensium
Author: Giovanni Caroli
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 281
Release: 2018-02-12
Genre: History
ISBN: 9004346139

This is the first work by Giovanni Caroli (1428–1503) to appear in print. Caroli was one of the leading theologians in Florence during the last decades of the fifteenth century, a man who lived between the two great traditions of his time: the scholastic and the humanist. The volume contains a critical edition of the Latin text, entitled The Book of My Days in Lucca, an English translation, commentary notes and an introduction. Caroli presents us with his powerful personal reaction to the institutional crisis regarding the required reform in the Dominican Order, yet even here we already notice the pervasive influence of his classical education, and especially his acquaintance with authors such as Cicero, Livy, Tacitus, and especially Virgil.

A Philosopher at the Crossroads

A Philosopher at the Crossroads
Author: Amos Edelheit
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 578
Release: 2022-03-16
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9004509461

This book offers a fresh account of one of the remarkable figures in the Renaissance, Giovanni Pico della Mirandola (1463-1494), by focusing on a neglected aspect of his work; his reading of scholasticism and its reception in the fifteenth century.

Human

Human
Author: Karolina Hübner
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 465
Release: 2022
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0190876379

This volume investigates what it means to be human. Is there something that makes us distinct from computers, other great apes, Martians, and gods? And what are the ethical and political consequences of how we answer this question? How have our views on this changed from the times of the ancient Greek and Chinese philosophers? What do contemporary evolutionary biologists and advocates of uploading human consciousness onto computers think about it? This volume collects new essays from leading scholars in philosophy, history, and other disciplines to explore these and numerous other questions.

Ficino, Pico and Savonarola

Ficino, Pico and Savonarola
Author: Amos Edelheit
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 514
Release: 2008
Genre: History
ISBN: 900416667X

This book presents a detailed account of Ficinoa (TM)s "De Christiana religione" and of Picoa (TM)s "Apologia," in the context of the evolution of a humanist theology. Focusing on the relations between humanism, theology, and politics, it concludes with the Savonarola affair.

Ficino, Pico and Savonarola

Ficino, Pico and Savonarola
Author: Amos Edelheit
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 513
Release: 2008-06-30
Genre: History
ISBN: 904744275X

This book presents a study of humanism, theology, and politics in Florence during the last decades of the fifteenth century. It considers the relations between humanists and theologians and between humanism and religion. Modern scholarship on humanism has not taken sufficient account of the deep interest shown by Marsilio Ficino (1433-1499) and Giovanni Pico della Mirandola (1463-1494) in theology and religion. This book presents a detailed and innovative account of Ficino’s De Christiana religione (1474) and of Pico’s Apologia (1487), in the context of explaining the evolution of a humanist theology. The book ends with a consideration of the stormy events of the 1490s, when Girolamo Savonarola (1452-1498) became a leading spiritual and political figure in Florentine public life.

Classics and Classicists

Classics and Classicists
Author: John Glucker
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Total Pages: 396
Release: 2019-11-29
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1527544052

This collection of articles published between 1964 and 2000 represents a panoramic view of Greek and Roman literature and philosophy, ranging from detailed discussions of texts to general literary and philosophical issues. It also delves into problems in the transmission of ancient works and their reception in modern contexts, including modern English literature. These articles will appeal mainly to Classical scholars and students of ancient philosophy, as well as to lovers of literature and of the intellectual history of Western Europe. All articles have been republished in their original form, with an emphasis on basing every discussion firmly on the available evidence.

The Cambridge Connection in Tudor England

The Cambridge Connection in Tudor England
Author: John F. McDiarmid
Publisher: St Andrews Studies in Reformat
Total Pages: 360
Release: 2021-12-09
Genre: History
ISBN: 9789004382244

This book highlights the 'Athenian tribe', whose members, like John Cheke and William Cecil, were essential to the shaping of mid-Tudor political life, the English Church, and intellectual culture. They left a lasting imprint on early modern England.