Erasmus, Man of Letters

Zusatztext "A contribution to the understanding of the modern age. Jardine vividly shows how reading-attentive, critical reading-became a form of `spiritual education' in the early modern period, and how Erasmus became the pattern for the modern Man of Letters." ---Tom D'Evelyn, Bostonia Informationen zum Autor Lisa JardineWith a new preface by the author Klappentext Lisa Jardine, however, shows that Erasmus self-consciously created his own reputation as the central figure of the European intellectual world. Erasmus himself-the historical as opposed to the figural individual-was a brilliant, maverick innovator, who achieved little formal academic recognition in his own lifetime. What Jardine offers here is not only a fascinating study of Erasmus but also a bold account of a key moment in Western history, a time when it first became possible to believe in the existence of something that could be designated "European thought." Zusammenfassung The name Erasmus of Rotterdam conjures up a golden age of scholarly integrity and the disinterested pursuit of knowledge, when learning could command public admiration without the need for authorial self-promotion. Lisa Jardine, however, shows that Erasmus self-consciously created his own reputation as the central figure of the European intellectua

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• Authors: Lisa Jardine
• Assisted by: Lisa Jardine (Foreword)
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2015
• EAN: 9780691165691
• ISBN: 978-0-691-16569-1
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 240 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; PHILOSOPHY / Religious, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Medieval, RELIGION / Philosophy, Philosophy of religion, Western philosophy: Medieval & Renaissance, c 500 to c 1600, Medieval Western philosophy