ABSTRACT
This volume examines the distinctive and important role played by humanism in the development of early modern philosophy. Focusing on individual authors as well as intellectual trends, this collection of essays aims to portray the humanist movement as an essential part of the philosophy of the 15th, 16th and 17th centuries.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 3|18 pages
From Jacques Lefèvre d’Étaples to Giulio Landi: Uses of the dialogue in Renaissance Aristotelianism
Luca Bianchi
chapter 6|28 pages
‘Ethnicorum omnium sanctissimus’: Marcus Aurelius and his Meditations from Xylander to Diderot
Meditations from Xylander Jill Kraye
chapter 10|16 pages
Renaissance humanism, lingering Aristotelianism and the new natural philosophy: Gassendi on final causes
Margaret J.Osler
