Boccaccio The Philosopher
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Boccaccio The Philosopher
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Author : Filippo Andrei
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2017-10-07
Boccaccio The Philosopher written by Filippo Andrei and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-10-07 with Literary Criticism categories.
This book explores the tangled relationship between literary production and epistemological foundation as exemplified in one of the masterpieces of Italian literature. Filippo Andrei argues that Giovanni Boccaccio's Decameron has a significant though concealed engagement with philosophy, and that the philosophical implications of its narratives can be understood through an epistemological approach to the text. He analyzes the influence of Dante, Petrarch, Thomas Aquinas, Aristotle, and other classical and medieval thinkers on Boccaccio's attitudes towards ethics and knowledge-seeking. Beyond providing an epistemological reading of the Decameron, this book also evaluates how a theoretical reflection on the nature of rhetoric and poetic imagination can ultimately elicit a theory of knowledge.
Il Filocolo
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Author : Giovanni Boccaccio
language : en
Publisher: Scholarly Title
Release Date : 1985
Il Filocolo written by Giovanni Boccaccio and has been published by Scholarly Title this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1985 with Literary Collections categories.
The Decameron
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Author : Giovanni Boccaccio
language : en
Publisher: Phoemixx Classics Ebooks
Release Date : 2021-08-04
The Decameron written by Giovanni Boccaccio and has been published by Phoemixx Classics Ebooks this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-08-04 with Fiction categories.
The Decameron - Giovanni Boccaccio - The year is 1348. The Black Death has begun to ravage Europe. Ten young Florentinesseven women and three menescape the plague-infested city and retreat to the countryside around Fiesole. At their leisure in this isolated and bucolic setting, they spend ten days telling each other storiestales of romance, tragedy, comedy, and farceone hundred in all. The result, called by one critic "the greatest short story collection of all time" (Leonard Barkan, Princeton University) is a rich and entertaining celebration of the medley of medieval life.Witty, earthy, and filled with bawdy irreverence, the one hundred stories of The Decameron offer more than simple escapism; they are also a life-affirming balm for trying times. The Decameron is a joyously comic book that has earned its place in world literature not just because it makes us laugh, but more importantly because it shows us how essential laughter is to the human condition.Published on the 700th anniversary of Boccaccios birth, Wayne A. Rebhorn's new translation of The Decameron introduces a generation of readers to this "rich late-medieval feast" in a "lively, contemporary, American-inflected English" (Stephen Greenblatt, Harvard University) even as it retains the distinctly medieval flavor of Boccaccio's rhetorically expressive prose.An extensive introduction provides useful details about Boccaccio's historical and cultural milieu, the themes and particularities of the text, and the lines of influence flowing into and out of this towering monument of world literature.
Petrarch And Boccaccio
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Author : Igor Candido
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Release Date : 2018-02-19
Petrarch And Boccaccio written by Igor Candido and has been published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-02-19 with Literary Criticism categories.
Die Buchreihe Mimesis präsentiert unter ihrem neuen Untertitel Romanische Literaturen der Welt ein innovatives und integrales Verständnis der Romania wie der Romanistik aus literaturwissenschaftlicher und kulturtheoretischer Perspektive. Sie trägt der Tatsache Rechnung, dass die faszinierende Entwicklung der romanischen Literaturen und Kulturen in Europa wie außerhalb Europas neue weltweite Dynamiken in Gang gesetzt hat, welche die großen Traditionen der Romania fortschreiben und auf neue Horizonte hin öffnen. In Mimesis kommt ein transareales, die europäische und die außereuropäische Welt romanischer Literaturen und Kulturen zusammendenkendes Verständnis der Romanistik zur Geltung, das über nationale wie disziplinäre Grenzziehungen hinweg die oft übersehenen Wechselwirkungen zwischen unterschiedlichen Traditions- und Entwicklungslinien in Europa und den Amerikas, in Afrika und Asien entfaltet. Im Archipel der Romanistik zeigt Mimesis auf, wie die dargestellte Wirklichkeit in den romanischen Literaturen der Welt die Tür zu einem vielsprachigen Kosmos verschiedenartiger Logiken öffnet.
Boccaccio The Philosopher
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Author : Filippo Andrei
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012
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The dissertation examines the philosophical implications of the Decameron in connection with Boccaccio's minor works and ascertains his attitudes towards philosophy, in order to evaluate how a theoretical reflection on the nature of rhetoric and poetic imagination can ultimately elicit a theory of knowledge. Organized according to different aspects of the nature of the medieval philosophical project, the dissertation argues that the Decameron has a significant philosophical dimension which is concealed in the language and that the philosophical implications of the narratives can be understood in an epistemological approach to the text. The first chapter ("Deified Men and Humanized Gods: The Genealogies and the Hermetic Veil of the Fabula") focuses on aspects of poetics and analyzes the language of literature as theorized in Boccaccio's Genealogie deorum gentilium and Trattatello in laude di Dante. Boccaccio's speculation on the nature of poetry is paramount for the understanding of how knowledge is produced by the text. Both the Genealogie and the Decameron explore the mechanisms of acquisition of knowledge through similar modalities of discourse. The intrinsic obscurity of poetry, as theorized in the context of the Genealogies, refers to the hermetic idea of covert discourse, that is, the kind of literature whose language hides its meanings and the truth without completely denying knowledge and understanding. As Boccaccio maintains, the hermetic nature of poetry originates in the 'womb of God' and is given as a gift to a selected few; moreover, poetic imagination appears to be a cognitive tool that takes advantage of the power of the mind. The second chapter ("Boccaccio's Mountain: The Voyage of the Soul and The Language of Literature") deals with psychology, intended, in the classical way, as the 'study of the soul.' The Decameron can be seen as a journey toward the acquisition of knowledge--be it moral, philosophical, or practical. In the Introduction to the Decameron, the famous simile comparing the interpretation of the text to the climbing of a mountain alludes to Dante's Commedia and justifies the necessity of the plague in eschatological terms, thereby defining the reader's experience as a sort of intellectual and spiritual progression and ascent. The Second Day of the Decameron and the narrative parables of the Commedia delle ninfe fiorentine and the Amorosa visione share the same modality of an allegorical voyage of the soul for the apprehension of knowledge. The third chapter ("The Motto and the Enigma: Rhetoric and Knowledge in the Sixth Day") considers rhetoric as a form of knowledge analyzing the rhetorical devices of the Decameron and the many ways in which Boccaccio establishes a meaningful connection between rhetoric and knowledge. Rhetoric can be epistemic, and in this regard, the characteristics and formal features of the motto, or witty reply, in the Sixth Day of the Decameron show how this metaphorical tool can be considered not only a structuring device of Boccaccio's discourse, but also a 'veil, ' a poetical strategy which is able to both conceal and to reveal philosophical knowledge. Boccaccio's oeuvre engages with several aspects of the relationship between philosophical and literary discourse as they come to him from contemporary debates about literature. In particular, the possibilities offered by epistemology in medieval thought and the role of allegory and mythology as poetical devices of a latent philosophical discourse are critical means to understanding Boccaccio's theory of the nexus between rhetoric and knowledge. The fourth chapter ("The Variants of 'Honestum:' Practical Philosophy and Theory of Action in the Decameron") deals with ethics (the knowledge of the good; moral philosophy) in the Decameron. Here I argue that the characters of the Decameron experience cognitive journeys that embrace an ethical approach to the world. An attentive reading of the frame texts of the Decameron along with a proper understanding of the medieval concept of "honesty" suggests a well-defined model of life that can be traced back to the practical philosophy concerning which Boccaccio--as a reader of Aristotle and Thomas Aquinas--had long meditated. The guiding principle of Natural Law evoked in the Introduction to the Decameron is most properly understood in relation to the Thomistic ethical system in which Nature and its earthly manifestations in human instincts are counterbalanced by the action of reason and free will, with the aim of achieving a practical knowledge that eventually leads to a new vision of the world. Finally, the possibilities offered by a reading of the Decameron as a journey toward the acquisition of knowledge elicit a theory of action that has significant implications for the transition from scholastic philosophy to humanism.
Boccaccio Defends Literature
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Author : Brenda Deen Schildgen
language : en
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Release Date : 2024-11-30
Boccaccio Defends Literature written by Brenda Deen Schildgen and has been published by University of Toronto Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-11-30 with Literary Criticism categories.
In Boccaccio Defends Literature, Brenda Deen Schildgen contends that Giovanni Boccaccio’s significant contribution to literary history remains underappreciated. The book asserts that Boccaccio refuted the detractors that condemned poetry as immoral, irrational, and even demonic, highlighting instead its aesthetic and cathartic ability to restore equilibrium, provoke thought, and provide solace and entertainment. The book explores how, despite often being dismissed for his morally dubious tales, Boccaccio dedicated himself to defending the legacy of the ancients, endorsing vernacular and secular literature, and cementing the reputations of Dante and Petrarch. It reveals how he forged a wholly new direction for literary prose fiction, driven by his commitment to humanistic studies and admiration for literary achievement. Without moral or spiritual hesitation, Boccaccio asserted that literature – whether pagan or Christian – was an autonomous form of knowledge, a stance he maintained from the 1350s to the end of his life. Contesting the arguments of moralists who sought to ban books, Schildgen demonstrates that Boccaccio advocated for the independence of readers, asserting that they, not writers, bore the responsibility for their responses to literature. Boccaccio Defends Literature thus unveils Boccaccio as a steadfast defender of the enduring relevance of literature.
Encyclopedia Of Renaissance Philosophy
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Author : Marco Sgarbi
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2022-10-27
Encyclopedia Of Renaissance Philosophy written by Marco Sgarbi and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-10-27 with Philosophy categories.
Gives accurate and reliable summaries of the current state of research. It includes entries on philosophers, problems, terms, historical periods, subjects and the cultural context of Renaissance Philosophy. Furthermore, it covers Latin, Arabic, Jewish, Byzantine and vernacular philosophy, and includes entries on the cross-fertilization of these philosophical traditions. A unique feature of this encyclopedia is that it does not aim to define what Renaissance philosophy is, rather simply to cover the philosophy of the period between 1300 and 1650.
Animal Acts
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Author : Jennifer Ham
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-04-08
Animal Acts written by Jennifer Ham and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-04-08 with History categories.
Animal Acts records the history of the fluctuating boundary between animals and humans as expressed in literary, philosophical and scientific texts, as well as visual arts and historical practices such as dissection, circus acts, the hunt and zoos. The essays document a persistent return of animality, a becoming animal that has always existed within and at the margins of Western Culture from the Middle Ages to the present.
Pagans And Philosophers
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Author : John Marenbon
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2017-02-28
Pagans And Philosophers written by John Marenbon and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-02-28 with History categories.
An ambitious history of how medieval writers came to terms with paganism From the turn of the fifth century to the beginning of the eighteenth, Christian writers were fascinated and troubled by the "Problem of Paganism," which this book identifies and examines for the first time. How could the wisdom and virtue of the great thinkers of antiquity be reconciled with the fact that they were pagans and, many thought, damned? Related questions were raised by encounters with contemporary pagans in northern Europe, Mongolia, and, later, America and China. Pagans and Philosophers explores how writers—philosophers and theologians, but also poets such as Dante, Chaucer, and Langland, and travelers such as Las Casas and Ricci—tackled the Problem of Paganism. Augustine and Boethius set its terms, while Peter Abelard and John of Salisbury were important early advocates of pagan wisdom and virtue. University theologians such as Aquinas, Scotus, Ockham, and Bradwardine, and later thinkers such as Ficino, Valla, More, Bayle, and Leibniz, explored the difficulty in depth. Meanwhile, Albert the Great inspired Boethius of Dacia and others to create a relativist conception of scientific knowledge that allowed Christian teachers to remain faithful Aristotelians. At the same time, early anthropologists such as John of Piano Carpini, John Mandeville, and Montaigne developed other sorts of relativism in response to the issue. A sweeping and original account of an important but neglected chapter in Western intellectual history, Pagans and Philosophers provides a new perspective on nothing less than the entire period between the classical and the modern world.
Boccaccio S Naked Muse
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Author : Tobias Foster Gittes
language : en
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Release Date : 2008-04-05
Boccaccio S Naked Muse written by Tobias Foster Gittes and has been published by University of Toronto Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-04-05 with Literary Criticism categories.
Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375) experimented with such a wide variety of genres that critics have tended to focus more on the differences among his works than on their underlying similarities. However, a more comprehensive examination of his corpus reveals that concealed beneath this striking diversity of subject and genre there is a coherent mythology, a virtual catalogue of innovative myths designed to more accurately reflect his cultural experience and better address the needs of his age. Exploring the most significant of these myths, /emBoccaccio's Naked Muse/em presents a writer who cast himself as the apostle of a new humanistic faith, one that would honour God by exalting his creation. Tobias Foster Gittes argues that Boccaccio did not simply reproduce Golden Age schemes in his works. Rather, he subtly altered and adapted them in order to produce a model of human beatitude more suited to his conviction that cultural achievement and human dignity are indissolubly linked. Gittes critiques common conceptions of Boccaccio's passivity, or his readiness to speak dismissively of his own work and to cast himself as a victim of vicious critics. Instead, Gittes shows that Boccaccio deliberately assumed this posture of passivity to align himself with a series of martyrs who, like him, had willingly suffered torments in the interest of cultural advancement. By venturing outside the Decameron to the Latin works, and outside the usual textual and intertextual readings of Boccaccio to more broadly cultural and anthropological material, Boccaccio's Naked Muse offers fresh insights on this hugely significant literary figure and his lifelong campaign to transform mythological traditions into a gift for all humanity.