The renaissance philosophy of man  Petrarca, Valla, Ficino, Pico, Pomponazzi, Vives 
ed. by Ernst Cassirer; Paul Oskar Kristeller; John Herman Randall 
 - VIII, 404 S 
<br/><br/>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) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>48009358  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Philosophy, Medieval
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Lasky collection 
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>B775 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>189