The Cambridge Companion to Renaissance Philosophy
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An invaluable guide to this complex period for all who are interested in Renaissance thought. Francisca Goldsmith - Library Journal This latest entry in a solid series that has treated both individual thinkers and epochs supports the publisher's reputation for providing scholarly overviews that are elucidating to graduate-level readers while remaining accessible to undergraduates. The 18 individually authored chapters include Robert Black's "The Philosopher and Renaissance Culture," Dag Nikolaus Hasse's "Arabic Philosophy and Averroism," and Peter Harrison's "Philosophy and the Crisis of Religion." Each essay unfolds in clearly marked subsections that facilitate a complete reading while allowing ready entry, via the index, to the portion that may be most useful for reference. Black-and-white illustrations amplify the text where appropriate, as with the "concentric spheres" in Brian P. Copenahver's "How To Do Magic, and Why." The appendix includes brief biographies of period philosophers from Western Europe, the Mediterranean, and Byzantium. Given its topic and approach, this book is pertinent to philosophy and history readers alike. For all academic and most public libraries.
List of figures viiAcknowledgments viiiNotes on contributors ixChronology xiiIntroduction James Hankins 1Continuity and Revival 11The philosopher and Renaissance culture Robert Black 13Humanism, scholasticism, and Renaissance philosophy James Hankins 30Continuity and change in the Aristotelian tradition Luca Bianchi 49The revival of Platonic philosophy Christopher S. Celenza 72The revival of Hellenistic philosophies Jill Kraye 97Arabic philosophy and Averroism Dag Nikolaus Hasse 113How to do magic, and why: philosophical prescriptions Brian P. Copenhaver 137Toward Modern Philosophy 171Nicholas of Cusa and modern philosophy Dermot Moran 173Lorenzo Valla and the rise of humanist dialectic Lodi Nauta 193The immortality of the soul Paul Richard Blum 211Philosophy and the crisis of religion Peter Harrison 234Hispanic scholastic philosophy John P. Doyle 250Newvisions of the cosmos Miguel A. Granada 270Organizations of knowledge Ann M. Blair 287Humanistic and scholastic ethics David A. Lines 304The problem of the prince Eric Nelson 319The significance of Renaissance philosophy James Hankins 338Brief biographies of Renaissance philosophers 346Bibliography 361Index 401
