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The Revival of Antique Philosophy in the Renaissance

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  • © 2012

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  1. John L. Lepage
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Table of contents (5 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Introduction: Containers

    • John L. Lepage
    Pages 1-24

  3. A Progress of Wise Fools

    • John L. Lepage
    Pages 25-80

  4. Laughing and Weeping Melancholy: Democritus and Heraclitus as Emblems

    • John L. Lepage
    Pages 81-135

  5. Divine Madness, Literary Fancy, and Dreams

    • John L. Lepage
    Pages 137-174

  6. The Mind Is Its Own Place

    • John L. Lepage
    Pages 175-195

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 197-281
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This book examines the revival of antique philosophy in the Renaissance as a literary preoccupation informed by wit. Humanists were more inspired by the fictionalized characters of certain wise fools, including Diogenes the Cynic, Socrates, Aesop, Democritus, and Heraclitus, than by codified systems of thought. Rich in detail, this study offers a systematic treatment of wide-ranging Renaissance imagery and metaphors and presents a detailed iconography of certain classical philosophers. Ultimately, the problems of Renaissance humanism are revealed to reflect the concerns of humanists in the twenty-first century.

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John L. Lepage is University-College Professor in the Department of English at Vancouver Island University.

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