Timothy Kircher

Gebundenes Buch

Before Enlightenment

Play and Illusion in Renaissance Humanism

Beschreibung

The literary qualities of humanists' writings convey how play and illusion helped form their ideas about knowledge, ethics, and metaphysics. Timothy Kircher argues for new ways of appreciating Renaissance humanist philosophy.

Autor

Timothy Kircher, Ph.D. (1989), is Hege Professor of History at Guilford College. He has published monographs and articles on Renaissance humanism, including The Poet's Wisdom: The Humanists, the Church, and the Formation of Philosophy in the Early Renaissance (Brill, 2006).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Brill
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Oktober 2020
• Englisch
• Gewicht: 633g
• ISBN-13: 9789004442696
• ISBN-10: 9004442693
• Artikelnr.: 59958467