Renaissance Philosophy
The Renaissance has long been recognized as a brilliant moment in the development of Western civilization. Little attention has been devoted, however, to the distinct contribution of philosophy to Renaissance culture. This volume introduces the reader to the philosophy written, read, taught, and debated during the period traditionally credited with the "revival of learning." Beginning with original sources still largely inaccessible to most readers, and drawing on a wide range of secondary...
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The Renaissance has long been recognized as a brilliant moment in the development of Western civilization. Little attention has been devoted, however, to the distinct contribution of philosophy to Renaissance culture. This volume introduces the reader to the philosophy written, read, taught, and debated during the period traditionally credited with the "revival of learning." Beginning with original sources still largely inaccessible to most readers, and drawing on a wide range of secondary studies, the author examines the relation of Renaissance philosophy to humanism and the universities, the impact of rediscovered ancient sources, the recovery of Plato and the Neoplatonists, and the evolving ascendancy of Aristotle. Renaissance Philosophy also explores the original contributions of major figures including Bruni, Valla, Ficino, Pico della Mirandola, Pomponazzi, Machiavelli, More, Vitoria, Montaigne, Bruno, and Camapanella.
1The Historical Context of Renaissance Philosophy1The philosophical heritage of antiquity and the Middle Ages1Philosophy in a Renaissance context18Humanism24Church and state37The Renaissance transformation of philosophy512Aristotelianism60Renaissance Aristotelianisms60Unity and diversity in the Aristotelian tradition62Eight Renaissance Aristotelians763Platonism127From Aristotle to Plato127Marsilio Ficino143Giovanni Pico and Nicholas of Cusa163Pious, perennial, and Platonic philosophies: Francesco Patrizi1844Stoics, Sceptics, Epicureans, and Other Innovators196Humanism, authority, and uncertainty196Lorenzo Valla: language against logic209The simple method of Peter Ramus and its forerunners227The crisis of doubt239Justus Lipsius on a new moral code260Politics and moral disorder: Erasmus, More, and Machiavelli2695Nature against Authority: Breaking Away from the Classics285Books of learning and nature285Giordano Bruno's philosophical passions290New philosophies of nature3036Renaissance Philosophy and Modern Memory329Bibliography358Index433
