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The Italian Renaissance and the Origins of the Modern Humanities - An Intellectual History, 1400-1800 (Hardcover)
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The Italian Renaissance and the Origins of the Modern Humanities - An Intellectual History, 1400-1800 (Hardcover)
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Christopher Celenza is one of the foremost contemporary scholars of
the Renaissance. His ambitious new book focuses on the body of
knowledge which we now call the humanities, charting its roots in
the Italian Renaissance and exploring its development up to the
Enlightenment. Beginning in the fifteenth century, the author shows
how thinkers like Lorenzo Valla and Angelo Poliziano developed
innovative ways to read texts closely, paying attention to
historical context, developing methods to determine a text's
authenticity, and taking the humanities seriously as a means of
bettering human life. Alongside such novel reading practices,
technology - the invention of printing with moveable type -
fundamentally changed perceptions of truth. Celenza also reveals
how luminaries like Descartes, Diderot, and D'Alembert - as well as
many lesser-known scholars - challenged traditional ways of
thinking. Celenza's authoritative narrative demonstrates above all
how the work of the early modern humanist philosophers had a
profound impact on the general quest for human wisdom. His
magisterial volume will be essential reading for all those who
value the humanities and their fascinating history.
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