The Counter-RenaissanceThis stimulating reassessment of Renaissance thought produces evidence of an intellectual revolt in the sixteenth century, led by such men as Calvin, Luther, Montaigne, and Machiavelli, that ran counter to the prevailing concepts of Christian humanism and the sovereignty of reason. The author explores the influence of this challenging movement on contemporaries and on their successors, "those enigmatic and volatile individuals whom we term the Elizabethans." Writing with impeccable scholarship, leavened by a delightful literary style, Mr. Haydn has achieved a masterpiece of intellectual history. -4e de couv. |
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... Stoicism . But by far the greater allegiance of the sixteenth century was given to the eclectic and frequently Platonizing Stoic ethics of Cicero , which blended harmoniously and almost indistinguishably with the eclectic Platonic ...
... Stoicism . But by far the greater allegiance of the sixteenth century was given to the eclectic and frequently Platonizing Stoic ethics of Cicero , which blended harmoniously and almost indistinguishably with the eclectic Platonic ...
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... ( Stoics ) in his fourth satire . But indeed the Cynic - Stoic identification could not have escaped the Elizabethans . Cicero had called the Stoics before his time “ paene Cynici " , 122 Epictetus , who considered his own ideal " Cynic ...
... ( Stoics ) in his fourth satire . But indeed the Cynic - Stoic identification could not have escaped the Elizabethans . Cicero had called the Stoics before his time “ paene Cynici " , 122 Epictetus , who considered his own ideal " Cynic ...
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... Stoicism . It was Professor Marjorie Nicolson who first suggested to me that Lear was a " Stoic play " and pointed out many of the Stoic qualities in the career and speeches of Kent and the ordeal of Lear . Following up her lead , I ...
... Stoicism . It was Professor Marjorie Nicolson who first suggested to me that Lear was a " Stoic play " and pointed out many of the Stoic qualities in the career and speeches of Kent and the ordeal of Lear . Following up her lead , I ...
Contents
PROLOGUE The Enigmatic Elizabethans | 1 |
2 The CounterRenaissance and the Vanity of Learning | 76 |
The CounterRenaissance and the Repeal of Universal | 131 |
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