Cambridge Translations of Renaissance Philosophical Texts
Volume 2. Political Philosophy
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- Editor: Jill Kraye, Warburg Institute, London
- Date Published: December 1997
- availability: Available
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521587570
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The Renaissance, known primarily for the art and literature that it produced, was also a period in which philosophical thought flourished. This two-volume anthology contains forty new translations of important works on moral and political philosophy written during the Renaissance and hitherto unavailable in English. The anthology is designed to be used in conjunction with The Cambridge History of Renaissance Philosophy, in which all of these texts are discussed. The works, originally written in Latin, Italian, French, Spanish and Greek, cover such topics as: concepts of man; Aristotelian, Platonic, Stoic, and Epicurean ethics; scholastic political philosophy; theories of princely and republican government in Italy; and northern European political thought. Each text is supplied with an introduction and a guide to further reading.
Read more- 40 new translations previously untranslated into English
- All texts annotated with introductions and guides to further reading
- All texts are discussed in The Cambridge History of Renaissance Philosophy, which can be promoted alongside this anthology
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- Date Published: December 1997
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521587570
- length: 332 pages
- dimensions: 229 x 153 x 20 mm
- weight: 0.46kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
List of translators
Preface
Part I. Scholastic Political Theory:
1. Concerning Ecclesiastical power, selections Jean Gerson
Introduction D. Catherine Brown
2. Question at Vespers Jacques Almain
Introduction A. S. McGrade
3. On the laws, book III, chapter 4: concerning a civil power Francisco Suare
Introduction J. A. Trentman
4. The monarchy of the Messiah, chapters 14 and 15 Tommaso Campanella
Introduction Brian P. Copenhaver
Part II. The Theory of Princely Government in Renaissance Italy:
5. On the prince Giovanni Pontano
Introduction Nicholas Webb
6. On the prince, selections Il Platina (Bartolomeo Sacchi)
Introduction Nicholas Webb
7. On majesty, chapter 19: on magnificence Giuniano Maio
Introduction Nicholas Webb
Part III. The theory of Republican Government in Renaissance Venice:
8. The Venetian republic, selections Pier Paolo Vergerio
Introduction Ronald G. Witt
9. Preface to his translation of Plato's laws George of Trebizond
Introduction John Monfasani
10. In praise of the Venetian republic Poggio Bracciolini
Introduction Martin Davies
Part IV. The theory of Republican Government in Renaissance Florence:
11. Civil life, book II Matteo Palmieri
Introduction David Marsh
12. Dialogue on laws and legal judgments Bartolomeo Scala
Introduction David Marsh
13. How the popular government should be reformed Francesco Guicciardini
Introduction Russell Price
14. Memorandum to Cardinal de'Medici about the affairs of Florence Paolo Vettori
Introduction Russell Price
Part V. Political Theory in Northern Europe:
15. On true nobility, selections Josse Clichtove
Introduction Alison Holcroft
16. On the education of the prince, selections Guillaume Bude
Introduction Neil Kenny
17. Apology, Chapters 30-35 Reginald Pole
Introduction Nicholas Webb
Bibliography of renaissance political philosophy texts available in English
index nominum
index rerum.
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