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Pontano's virtues : Aristotelian moral and political thought in the Renaissance / Matthias Roick.

Pontano's virtues : Aristotelian moral and political th...

Pontano's virtues : Aristotelian moral and political thought in the Renaissance / Matthias Roick.

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Pontano's virtues : Aristotelian moral and political thought in the Renaissance / Matthias Roick.

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Pontano's virtues : Aristotelian moral and political thought in the Renaissance / Matthias Roick.

Publisher

London ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2017.

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G 2017/1218

Record Identifier

74VKVzlPwaDA

MMS ID

991024083998302626

Language

English

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Physical content

vii, 322 pages ; 24 cm.

Content type

text

Media type

unmediated

Carrier type

volume

Contents

Cover; Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; Note on the Text; Introduction; Part One The Great Pontano; 1 The Storms of Life; 2 The Haven of Philosophy; Part Two Rewriting Moral Philosophy; 3 Learned Authority; 4 Latin Philosophy; Part Three Virtue, Inside Out; 5 The Rule of Reason; 6 Beyond the V...

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Publisher

London ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2017.

Place of Publication

England

Date Published

2017.

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Summary

First secretary to the Aragonese kings of Naples, Giovanni Pontano (1429-1503) was a key figure of the Italian Renaissance. A poet and a philosopher of high repute, Pontano's works offer a reflection on the achievements of 15th century humanism and address major themes of early modern moral and political thought. Taking his defining inspiration fro...

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Pontano's virtues : Aristotelian moral and political thought in the Renaissance / Matthias Roick.

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Notes

General note

Bloomsbury Studies in the Aristotelian Tradition

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Online version: Roick, Matthias. Pontano's virtues : Aristotelian moral and political thought in the Renaissance. London ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, ain imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2017 9781474281867 (OCoLC)966429541

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G 2017/1218

Record Identifier

74VKVzlPwaDA

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ISBN

9781474281850 hardback

1474281850 hardback

DDC

195

MMS ID

991024083998302626

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