The Individual and the Cosmos in Renaissance Philosophy - Softcover

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This provocative volume, one of the most important interpretive works on the philosophical thought of the Renaissance, has long been regarded as a classic in its field.  Ernst Cassirer here examines the changes brewing in the early stages of the Renaissance, tracing the interdependence of philosophy, language, art, and science; the newfound recognition of individual consciousness; and the great thinkers of the period&;from da Vinci and Galileo to Pico della Mirandola and Giordano Bruno. The Individual and the Cosmos in Renaissance Philosophy discusses the importance of fifteenth-century philosopher Nicholas Cusanus, the concepts of freedom and necessity, and the subject-object problem in Renaissance thought.

&;This fluent translation of a scholarly and penetrating original leaves little impression of an attempt to show that a &;spirit of the age&; or &;spiritual essence of the time&; unifies and expresses itself in all aspects of society or culture.&;&;Philosophy

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