The Poet's Wisdom: The Humanists, the Church, and the Formation of Philosophy in the Early Renaissance by Timothy Kircher

Brill's Studies in Intellectual History #133

The Poet's Wisdom: The Humanists, the Church, and the Formation of Philosophy in the Early Renaissance

Timothy Kircher

320 pages hardcover 2005

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nonfiction history philosophy medium-paced
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The book explores the philosophical thinking of Petrarch and Boccaccio in contrast to the writings of contemporary mendicants. Examining both Latin and vernacular works, it investigates how these humanists poetically express the temporal, subjecti...

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