The Selections in translation Cassirer, Ernst creator ed. Kristeller, Paul Oskar 1905- ed. Randall, John Herman 1899- text ilu Chicago University of Chicago Press [1967, c1948] 1967 1948 monographic eng

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viii, 405 p. 21 cm. Francesco Petrarca, translated by H. Nachod: Introduction. A self-portrait. The ascent of Mont Ventoux. On his own ignorance and that of many others. A disapproval of an unreasonable use of the discipline of dialectic. An Averroist visits Petrarca. Petraca's aversion to Arab science. A request to take up the fight against Averroes.--Lorenzo Valla, translated by C.E. Trinkaus, Jr.: Introduction by C.E. Trinkaus, Jr. Dialogue on free will.--Marsilio Ficino, translated by J.L. Burroughs: Introduction, by J.L. Burroughs. Five questions concerning the mind.-- Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, translated by E.L. Forbes Introduction, by P.O. Kristeller. Oration on the dignity of man.--Pietro Pomponazzi, translated by W.H. Hay. Introduction, by J.H. Randall. On the immortality of the soul.--Juan Luis Vives, translated by N. Lenkeith: Introduction, by N. Lenkeith. A fable about man.--Selective bibliography (p. 397-400) edited by Ernst Cassirer, Paul Oskar Kristeller [and] John Herman Randall, Jr. At head of title: Petrarca, Valla, Ficino, Pico, Pomponazzi, Vives. Philosophy, Renaissance Man B780.M3 C37 1967 128 76273924 //r87 870617 20160527184559.0 24286