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On Human Worth and Excellence
«Readers can now find a concise yet clear and informative assessment of the Giannozzo–Lotario controversy in Copenhaver’s introductory essay and in the many notes to his English translation. The latter is an excellent example of stylistic ability founded on solid scholarship. These two qualities make it possible for Copenhaver to render Manetti’s Ciceronian (and often quite involuted) Latin syntax into both refined and precise English prose…Copenhaver’s outstanding scholarship and the spirit of intellectual generosity pervad[e] this entire book.»
Stefano U. Baldassarri, Renaissance Quarterly
Giannozzo Manetti (1396-1459) was a celebrated diplomat, historian, philosopher, and humanist scholar of the early Renaissance who mastered ancient Greek and Hebrew as well as classical Latin. In this treatise, dedicated to Alfonso of Aragon, King of Naples, Manetti addresses a question central to the anthropology of the Renaissance: what are the moral, intellectual, and spiritual capabilities of the unique amalgam of body and soul that constitutes human nature? The treatise takes issue with a popular work of medieval asceticism, On the Misery of the Human Condition, written by none other than Innocent III, one of the greatest of medieval popes. Les mer
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Giannozzo Manetti (1396-1459) was a celebrated diplomat, historian, philosopher, and humanist scholar of the early Renaissance who mastered ancient Greek and Hebrew as well as classical Latin. In this treatise, dedicated to Alfonso of Aragon, King of Naples, Manetti addresses a question central to the anthropology of the Renaissance: what are the moral, intellectual, and spiritual capabilities of the unique amalgam of body and soul that constitutes human nature? The treatise takes issue with a popular work of medieval asceticism, On the Misery of the Human Condition, written by none other than Innocent III, one of the greatest of medieval popes. The pope's diatribe expresses a revulsion against human nature and argues for the futility of ambition, the emptiness of pleasures, and the ultimate worthlessness of human achievements. Manetti's treatise presents a comprehensive refutation of the pope's pessimism, sometimes citing the achievements of the Renaissance as evidence for the potential divinity of human nature and its extraordinary capabilities. This edition contains the first complete translation into English.
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Harvard University Press
- Innbinding
- Innbundet
- Språk
- Engelsk
- ISBN
- 9780674984585
- Utgivelsesår
- 2019
- Format
- 20 x 13 cm
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«Readers can now find a concise yet clear and informative assessment of the Giannozzo–Lotario controversy in Copenhaver’s introductory essay and in the many notes to his English translation. The latter is an excellent example of stylistic ability founded on solid scholarship. These two qualities make it possible for Copenhaver to render Manetti’s Ciceronian (and often quite involuted) Latin syntax into both refined and precise English prose…Copenhaver’s outstanding scholarship and the spirit of intellectual generosity pervad[e] this entire book.»
Stefano U. Baldassarri, Renaissance Quarterly
«This I Tatti volume is, as one has come to expect from the series, an exemplary edition, with a useful Introduction and endnotes.»
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