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In Defense of Common Sense: Lorenzo Valla´s Humanist Critique of Scholastic Philosophy

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Description for In Defense of Common Sense: Lorenzo Valla´s Humanist Critique of Scholastic Philosophy Hardback. One of the leading humanists of Quattrocento Italy, Lorenzo Valla (1406-1457) has been praised as a brilliant debunker of medieval scholastic philosophy. In this book, the author seeks a more balanced assessment, presenting us with a comprehensive analysis of the humanist's attempt at radical reform of Aristotelian scholasticism. Series: I Tatti Studies in Italian Renaissance History. Num Pages: 416 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: HPCB; HRQA. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 242 x 166 x 35. Weight in Grams: 748.

One of the leading humanists of Quattrocento Italy, Lorenzo Valla (ca. 1406–1457) has been praised as a brilliant debunker of medieval scholastic philosophy. In this book Lodi Nauta seeks a more balanced assessment, presenting us with the first comprehensive analysis of the humanist’s attempt at radical reform of Aristotelian scholasticism.

This study examines Valla’s attack on major tenets of Aristotelian metaphysics, showing how Valla employed common sense and linguistic usage as his guides. It then explicates Valla’s critique of Aristotelian psychology and natural philosophy and discusses his moral and religious views, including Valla’s notorious identification of Christian beatitude with ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
Series
I Tatti Studies in Italian Renaissance History
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674032699
SKU
V9780674032699
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About Lodi Nauta
Lodi Nauta is Professor of the History of Philosophy, University of Groningen, the Netherlands.

Reviews for In Defense of Common Sense: Lorenzo Valla´s Humanist Critique of Scholastic Philosophy
This is by far the best book in any language on Valla as a philosopher. It will immediately take its place on graduate reading lists and in courses on Renaissance humanism and philosophy, and bring Valla into the narrative of Western philosophical history as no book has previously succeeded in doing.
James Hankins
Harvard University
Tremendously impressive. ... Read more

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