Juan Luis Vives: Politics, Rhetoric, and Emotions

By looking at rhetoric and politics, this book offers a novel account of Juan Luis Vives' intellectual oeuvre.

List of contents

Introduction / 1. Becoming a Humanist: from Paris to Louvain (1514-1520) / 2. Conversation and the Rhetoric of Counsel (around 1520) / 3. Managing Discord: Vives on Politics (1523-1529) / 4. Redefining Rhetoric in De disciplinis (1530-1531) / 5. Rhetorical Decorum and the Functioning of the Soul (1532-1540) / Conclusion

About the author

Kaarlo Havu works as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Helsinki, Finland. He specialises in early modern intellectual history and has published on Renaissance humanism, political thought, and the history of rhetoric.

Summary

By looking at rhetoric and politics, this book offers a novel account of Juan Luis Vives’ intellectual oeuvre.

Product details

• Authors: Kaarlo Havu
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.01.2024
• EAN: 9781032146713
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3214671-3
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: Routledge Studies in Renaissance and Early Modern Worlds of Knowledge
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; History of Ideas, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern, Philosophy, Western philosophy from c 1800