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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... True , that on earth we are but pilgrims made , And should in soul up to our country move ; True , and yet true that I must Stella love No more , my dear , no more these counsels try ; Oh , give my passions leave to run their race ; Let ...
... True , that on earth we are but pilgrims made , And should in soul up to our country move ; True , and yet true that I must Stella love No more , my dear , no more these counsels try ; Oh , give my passions leave to run their race ; Let ...
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... true sense and judgment of things human and divine , ” while far from his most serious “ offense , ” is certainly not a Christian but a Stoic definition . And despite his protestations to the contrary , his account of the pursuit of ...
... true sense and judgment of things human and divine , ” while far from his most serious “ offense , ” is certainly not a Christian but a Stoic definition . And despite his protestations to the contrary , his account of the pursuit of ...
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... true nature . They were the very apotheosis of Art . . . . The protest of Nature against Art in the Counter - Renaissance was not , of course , limited to this central ethical dilemma of man's true nature and true good . It expressed ...
... true nature . They were the very apotheosis of Art . . . . The protest of Nature against Art in the Counter - Renaissance was not , of course , limited to this central ethical dilemma of man's true nature and true good . It expressed ...
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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