Bøger af Paul Oskar Kristeller

Fifteen classic essays illuminate a broad cross-section of the intellectual history of the Renaissance.

Focusing on the history of ancient philosophy between the 3rd and 1st centuries BC, this study is based on the primary Greek and Latin writings of the philosophers involved, and the fragments, paraphrases and testimonies from their lost works.

Features essays that deal with Renaissance humanism and philosophy, and also with Renaissance theories of art. This title focuses on topics such as humanist learning, humanist moral thought, the diffusion of humanism, Platonism, music and learning during the early Renaissance, and the modern system of arts in relation to the Renaissance.