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Dialectical Disputations: v. 2
Lorenzo Valla
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Hardback. The Dialectical Disputations, translated here for the first time into any modern language, is Valla's principal contribution to the philosophy of language and logic. Valla sought to replace the scholastic tradition of Aristotelian logic with a new logic based on the historical usage of classical Latin and on a commonsense approach. Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: CFA; HBLH; HPCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 147 x 35. Weight in Grams: 718.
Lorenzo Valla (1407--1457) ranks among the greatest scholars and thinkers of the Renaissance. He has secured lasting fame for his brilliant critical skills, most famously displayed in his exposure of the Donation of Constantine, the forged document upon which the papacy based its claims to political power. Less well known in the English-speaking world is Valla's work in the philosophy of language--the basis of his reputation as the greatest philosopher of the humanist movement. The Dialectical Disputations, translated here for the first time into any modern language, is his principal contribution to the philosophy of language and logic. ... Read more
Lorenzo Valla (1407--1457) ranks among the greatest scholars and thinkers of the Renaissance. He has secured lasting fame for his brilliant critical skills, most famously displayed in his exposure of the Donation of Constantine, the forged document upon which the papacy based its claims to political power. Less well known in the English-speaking world is Valla's work in the philosophy of language--the basis of his reputation as the greatest philosopher of the humanist movement. The Dialectical Disputations, translated here for the first time into any modern language, is his principal contribution to the philosophy of language and logic. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
608
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Series
The I Tatti Renaissance Library
Condition
New
Weight
724g
Number of Pages
608
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674061408
SKU
V9780674061408
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About Lorenzo Valla
Brian P. Copenhaver is Professor of History and Philosophy and Director of UCLA's Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies. Lodi Nauta is Professor of the History of Philosophy, University of Groningen, the Netherlands.
Reviews for Dialectical Disputations: v. 2
Copenhaver and Nauta have found precisely Valla's inimitable voice. Throughout their Dialectical Disputations, the reader can hear the utterly infectious immediacy with which Valla read the works of the ancient world. The glowing gift of the Renaissance was its refusal to think of those works as dead
buoyed by the ongoing re-discovery of manuscripts and armed with a revived knowledge of ... Read more
buoyed by the ongoing re-discovery of manuscripts and armed with a revived knowledge of ... Read more