The republic of letters /
In this fascinating study, preeminent historian Marc Fumaroli reveals how an imagined "republic" of ideas and interchange fostered the Italian Renaissance, the Enlightenment and the French Revolution. He follows exchanges among Petrarch, Erasmus, Descartes, Montaigne and others from the fi...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | Translated from the French. |
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New Haven, Connecticut :
Yale University Press,
[2018]
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| Series: | Margellos world republic of letters book.
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| Summary: | In this fascinating study, preeminent historian Marc Fumaroli reveals how an imagined "republic" of ideas and interchange fostered the Italian Renaissance, the Enlightenment and the French Revolution. He follows exchanges among Petrarch, Erasmus, Descartes, Montaigne and others from the fifteenth through the eighteenth centuries, through revolutions in culture and society. Via revealing portraits and analysis, Fumaroli traces intellectual currents engaged with the core question of how to live a moral life, and argues that these men of letters provide an example of the exchange of knowledge and ideas that is worthy of emulation in our own time. Combining scholarship, wit and reverence, this thought-provoking volume represents the culmination of a lifetime of scholarship. |
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| Physical Description: | xii, 382 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780300221602 0300221606 |