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Scholastic Florence : moral psychology in the Quattrocento / by Amos Edelheit.

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"An unfamiliar portrait of Renaissance Florence is depicted in this volume where we find not only some celebrated humanist-oriented thinkers but also their scholastic friends and rivals, discussing matters pertaining to moral psychology. The rationale here is to illuminate the shadowlands of Re...

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Main Author: Edelheit, Amos (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Leiden, the Netherlands ; Boston : Brill, [2014]
Series:Brill's studies in intellectual history ; v. 230.
Subjects:
Renaissance > Italy > Florence.
Florence (Italy) > Intellectual life.
Scholars > Italy > Florence > History.
Humanists > Italy > Florence > History.
Philosophers > Italy > Florence > History.
Humanism > Italy > Florence > History.
Ethics > Italy > Florence > History.
Christian ethics > Italy > Florence > History.
Psychology and philosophy > Italy > Florence > History.
Philosophy, Renaissance.
Christian ethics.
Ethics.
Humanism.
Humanists.
Intellectual life.
Philosophers.
Psychology and philosophy.
Renaissance.
Scholars.
Italy > Florence.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Scholasticism in a Florentine setting?
  • Part 1. On conscience, evil and penitence
  • A portrait of a "Thomist" in the late-fifteenth century
  • A Renaissance discourse on evil
  • The psychology of the voluntary act of penitence
  • Part 2. Questions of intellect and will, freedom and love
  • A discussion of conscience, cognition and will
  • A debate concerning the intellect and the will
  • A theory of will, human dignity, and freedom
  • On the importance of self-reflexivity
  • A Renaissance discourse on love
  • Conclusion: A new Renaissance anthropology?

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