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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... matter universally uniform . His devotion to his motto is so inclusive that he attributes consciousness to matter , and strives to reduce all thought to feeling , denying the distinction between the two.285 When Francisco Patrizzi ...
... matter universally uniform . His devotion to his motto is so inclusive that he attributes consciousness to matter , and strives to reduce all thought to feeling , denying the distinction between the two.285 When Francisco Patrizzi ...
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... matter how many circus tricks he had in his bag , no matter how clearly we now realize that he was not method- ologically on the track which science was to follow - this remains true : his voice was heard . He is the Great Impresario of ...
... matter how many circus tricks he had in his bag , no matter how clearly we now realize that he was not method- ologically on the track which science was to follow - this remains true : his voice was heard . He is the Great Impresario of ...
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... matter and un- adorned nature which is characteristic of the romanticist , is matched by an opposite strain in the naturalist , who is exclusively concerned with matter and neutralized ( non - spiritualized ) nature . Yet he too rejects ...
... matter and un- adorned nature which is characteristic of the romanticist , is matched by an opposite strain in the naturalist , who is exclusively concerned with matter and neutralized ( non - spiritualized ) nature . Yet he too rejects ...
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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