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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... knowledge of faith " -that is , to a knowledge which has no need of reason's support . For Luther , on the other hand , faith is no longer “ a human participation in the Divine knowledge , but a purely non - rational experience - the ...
... knowledge of faith " -that is , to a knowledge which has no need of reason's support . For Luther , on the other hand , faith is no longer “ a human participation in the Divine knowledge , but a purely non - rational experience - the ...
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... knowledge in the interests of an aggressively individualistic motive ; the second em- ploys an aggressively active empiricism in the service of a humani- tarian ideal . For the magicians seek to learn the secrets of nature largely ...
... knowledge in the interests of an aggressively individualistic motive ; the second em- ploys an aggressively active empiricism in the service of a humani- tarian ideal . For the magicians seek to learn the secrets of nature largely ...
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... knowledge . His motto is : Go to things themselves ! . . . [ Yet ] he regards a complete knowledge of things as an un- attainable ideal.274 This summary of his stand on knowledge and science includes al- most all of the characteristic ...
... knowledge . His motto is : Go to things themselves ! . . . [ Yet ] he regards a complete knowledge of things as an un- attainable ideal.274 This summary of his stand on knowledge and science includes al- most all of the characteristic ...
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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