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Supplementa Humanistica Lovaniensia A New Sense of the Past: The Scholarship of Biondo Flavio (1392–1463)
the scholarship of Biondo Flavio (1392–1463)
2016 || Paperback || Angelo Mazzocco e.a. || Universitaire Pers Leuven
Reappraisal of the pioneering humanist scholar Biondo Flavio.
During his lifetime the historian and antiquarian Biondo Flavio (1392- 1463) struggled to obtain recognition as a major contributor to the humanistic movement of the fifteenth century. Throughout the Renaissance, fellow Italian scholars far too often condemned rather than endorsed his scholarly works. His troublesome career and mixed reputation among his peers stand in stark contrast with the highly innovative character of his lear...
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Plutarch's Maxime cum principibus philosopho esse disserendum
an interpretation with commentary
2011 || Hardcover || G. Roskam || Universitaire Pers Leuven
The question of the political relevance of philosophy, and of the role which the philosopher should play in the government of his state, was often discussed in Antiquity. Platos ideal of the philosopher-king is well-known, but was precisely his failure to realise his political ideal in Syracuse not the best argument against the philosophers political engagement? Nevertheless, Platos ideal remained attractive for later Greek thinkers. This is illustrated, for instance, by one of Plutarch...