TY - BOOK AU - Cassirer,Ernst AU - Kristeller,Paul Oskar AU - Randall,John Herman TI - The renaissance philosophy of man: Petrarca, Valla, Ficino, Pico, Pomponazzi, Vives AV - B775 U1 - 189 PY - 1948/// CY - Chicago, Ill. PB - Univ. of Chicago Press KW - Philosophy, Medieval KW - Lasky collection N1 - Francesco Petrarca: 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. Petrarca's aversion to Arab science. A request to take up the fight against Averroes.--Lorenzo Valla: Dialogue on free will.--Marsilio Ficino: Five questions concerning the mind.--Giovanni Pico della Mirandola: Oration on the dignity of man.--Pietro Pomponazzi: On the immortality of the soul.--Juan Luis Vives: A fable about man.--Selective bibliography (p. 397-400) UR - http://d-nb.info/991864921/04 ER -