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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... ethical and political theory , in literature and the arts , in natural science , and even in theology . When St. Thomas adopted the philosophy of Aristotle and “ bap- tized " it , reason was made the able handmaid of faith . As the hu ...
... ethical and political theory , in literature and the arts , in natural science , and even in theology . When St. Thomas adopted the philosophy of Aristotle and “ bap- tized " it , reason was made the able handmaid of faith . As the hu ...
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... ethical Epicurean- ism means quite definitely an emphasis upon the life of the senses , self - indulgence , and ... ethical principle the government of life by reason in the pursuit of virtue . Cicero had been a master welder of the ...
... ethical Epicurean- ism means quite definitely an emphasis upon the life of the senses , self - indulgence , and ... ethical principle the government of life by reason in the pursuit of virtue . Cicero had been a master welder of the ...
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... ethical context . Moreover , an understanding of the two versions of the Stoic Law of Nature clarifies the ethical positions of otherwise ambiguous or generally misunderstood figures of the period . It becomes possible , for example ...
... ethical context . Moreover , an understanding of the two versions of the Stoic Law of Nature clarifies the ethical positions of otherwise ambiguous or generally misunderstood figures of the period . It becomes possible , for example ...
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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