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Timothy Kircher

Before Enlightenment - Play and Illusion in Renaissance Humanism

English · Hardback

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Description

The literary qualities of humanists' writings convey how play and illusion helped form their ideas about knowledge, ethics, and metaphysics. Timothy Kircher argues for new ways of appreciating Renaissance humanist philosophy.

About the author

Timothy Kircher, Ph.D. (1989), is Hege Professor of History at Guilford College. He has published monographs and articles on Renaissance humanism, including The Poet's Wisdom: The Humanists, the Church, and the Formation of Philosophy in the Early Renaissance (Brill, 2006).

Product details

Authors	Timothy Kircher
Publisher	Brill

Languages	English
Product format	Hardback
Released	15.10.2020

EAN	9789004442696
ISBN	978-90-04-44269-6
No. of pages	304
Weight	633 g
Series	Brill's Studies in Intellectua
Subject	Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918

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