Paolo Sarpi - Between Renaissance and Enlightenment

Klappentext A reinterpretation of Sarpi's life as expressing a carefully thought out hostility to doctrinal religion. Zusammenfassung In this book David Wootton assesses Sarpi's public opinions in the light of the views expressed in his private papers! reinterprets his life work as being the expression! not of a love of intellectual liberty! nor of a commitment to Protestantism! but of a carefully thought out hostility to doctrinal religion. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Sarpi's life: a brief survey; 1. The Pensiere filosofici; 2. Sarpi and the Venetian interdict; 3. Sarpi's place in Europe; 4. The man and his masks; Appendix; Notes on illustrations; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Wootton David, David Wootton
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 04.04.2002
• EAN: 9780521892346
• ISBN: 978-0-521-89234-6
• Seiten: 204
• Themen: Belletristik > Erzählende Literatur > Briefe, Tagebücher; Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Philosophie