Kristeller Reconsidered.Kristeller Reconsidered John Monfasani, editor Italica Press 595 Main St., Suite 605, NY, NY 10044 0934977577 $40.00 ItalicaPress.com The late Paul Oskar Kristeller Paul Oskar Kristeller (May 22, 1905 in Berlin - July 7, 1999 in New York, USA) was an important scholar of Renaissance humanism. He was last active as Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Columbia University in New York. (1905-1999) revolutionized Renaissance Studies and significantly influenced three generations of students, scholars, and non-specialist general readers through his teaching, lecturing, research, scholarship, and writings. The author of numerous articles and such primary resource and scholarly works as "Renaissance Thought"; "Eight Philosophers of the Italian Renaissance", and "The Philosophy of Marsilio Ficino Marsilio Ficino (Latin name: Marsilius Ficinus; Figline Valdarno, October 19 1433 - Careggi, October 1 1499) was one of the most influential humanist philosophers of the early Italian Renaissance, an astrologer, a reviver of Neoplatonism who was in touch with every major ", Professor Kristeller is justifiably jus·ti·fi·a·ble adj. Having sufficient grounds for justification; possible to justify: justifiable resentment. jus credited with reinterpreting Renaissance humanism Renaissance humanism (often designated simply as humanism) was a European intellectual movement beginning in Florence in the last decades of the 14th century. Initially a humanist was simply a teacher of Latin literature. and its relation to intellectual and cultural life. His work in manuscript research defined the foundational approach to the textual sources of the renaissance era. Compiled and edited by John Monfasani, Kristeller Reconsidered: Essays On His Life And Scholarship presents informed and informative essays by sixteen scholars on the relationship between Paul Kristeller and the historical and philosophical movement A philosophical movement is either the appearance or increased popularity of a specific school of philosophy, or a fairly broad but identifiable sea-change in philosophical thought on a particular subject. that he defined. A body of impeccable and seminal scholarship, this specialized anthology on the life and work of Paul Kristeller is recommended reading for students of the humanist tradition and its influence on contemporary American culture and philosophy. |
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