Arnoud Visser
- Published in print:
- 2019
- Published Online:
- May 2020
- ISBN:
- 9780197266601
- eISBN:
- 9780191896057
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- British Academy
- DOI:
- 10.5871/bacad/9780197266601.003.0002
- Subject:
- Religion, Religious Studies
The edition of Augustine’s City of God by the Spanish-born humanist Juan Luis Vives (first published in 1522) is one of most successful pieces of patristic scholarship of the sixteenth century. ...
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The edition of Augustine’s City of God by the Spanish-born humanist Juan Luis Vives (first published in 1522) is one of most successful pieces of patristic scholarship of the sixteenth century. Produced just before the explosive escalation of the Reformation, it remained the key version of the text for over a hundred years. This article analyses the presentation of patristic knowledge in Vives’ commentary to explore how the confessional conflicts affected patristic scholarship. It argues that Vives’ work survived the confessional pressures relatively unscathed because it made Augustine’s work manageable and accessible across confessional parties. In doing so it seeks to highlight the importance of confessional silence in the Republic of Letters as a strategy to confront the pressures of confessionalisation.Less
The edition of Augustine’s City of God by the Spanish-born humanist Juan Luis Vives (first published in 1522) is one of most successful pieces of patristic scholarship of the sixteenth century. Produced just before the explosive escalation of the Reformation, it remained the key version of the text for over a hundred years. This article analyses the presentation of patristic knowledge in Vives’ commentary to explore how the confessional conflicts affected patristic scholarship. It argues that Vives’ work survived the confessional pressures relatively unscathed because it made Augustine’s work manageable and accessible across confessional parties. In doing so it seeks to highlight the importance of confessional silence in the Republic of Letters as a strategy to confront the pressures of confessionalisation.
Arnoud S. Q. Visser
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- May 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780199765935
- eISBN:
- 9780199895168
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199765935.003.0003
- Subject:
- Religion, History of Christianity
This chapter examines Erasmus's edition of Augustine's collected works (Basel 1528–9) to illuminate the interaction between humanist scholarship and the Reformation. The most widely disseminated ...
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This chapter examines Erasmus's edition of Augustine's collected works (Basel 1528–9) to illuminate the interaction between humanist scholarship and the Reformation. The most widely disseminated version of Augustine in the sixteenth century, Erasmus's edition offered not just a thorough critical revision of the Augustinian canon, but also some surprisingly open reservations about the church father's works. This chapter explores the editorial guidance of Erasmus and Juan Luis Vives, the commentator of the City of God. It argues that Erasmus's humanist perspective on textual criticism and his theological agenda guided—and at times misguided—his editorial practice, such as in the assessment of authenticity. The result was an edition in which Augustine's works were framed by a highly ideological textual apparatus, which proved especially controversial in post-Tridentine Catholic circles.Less
This chapter examines Erasmus's edition of Augustine's collected works (Basel 1528–9) to illuminate the interaction between humanist scholarship and the Reformation. The most widely disseminated version of Augustine in the sixteenth century, Erasmus's edition offered not just a thorough critical revision of the Augustinian canon, but also some surprisingly open reservations about the church father's works. This chapter explores the editorial guidance of Erasmus and Juan Luis Vives, the commentator of the City of God. It argues that Erasmus's humanist perspective on textual criticism and his theological agenda guided—and at times misguided—his editorial practice, such as in the assessment of authenticity. The result was an edition in which Augustine's works were framed by a highly ideological textual apparatus, which proved especially controversial in post-Tridentine Catholic circles.
Neil W. Bernstein
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- September 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780199964116
- eISBN:
- 9780199346042
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199964116.003.0005
- Subject:
- Classical Studies, Literary Studies: Classical, Early, and Medieval
This chapter examines aspects of the early modern reception of the Major Declamations. The pseudo-Quintilianic declamations were part of the Renaissance rhetorical curriculum, often included with ...
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This chapter examines aspects of the early modern reception of the Major Declamations. The pseudo-Quintilianic declamations were part of the Renaissance rhetorical curriculum, often included with early printings of Quintilian’s Institutio Oratoria. This chapter discusses the responses to “The Bloodstained Wall” (DM 1) by the Renaissance humanist Juan Luis Vives and the early eighteenth-century scholar Lorenzo Patarol. Both authors intervene in a long-running debate on the style and purpose of declamation. Appendix 1 provides a text and translation of Patarol’s Antilogia to “The Bloodstained Wall,” the first English translation of any part of Patarol’s work.Less
This chapter examines aspects of the early modern reception of the Major Declamations. The pseudo-Quintilianic declamations were part of the Renaissance rhetorical curriculum, often included with early printings of Quintilian’s Institutio Oratoria. This chapter discusses the responses to “The Bloodstained Wall” (DM 1) by the Renaissance humanist Juan Luis Vives and the early eighteenth-century scholar Lorenzo Patarol. Both authors intervene in a long-running debate on the style and purpose of declamation. Appendix 1 provides a text and translation of Patarol’s Antilogia to “The Bloodstained Wall,” the first English translation of any part of Patarol’s work.
Alexander Broadie
- Published in print:
- 1993
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198240266
- eISBN:
- 9780191680137
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198240266.003.0009
- Subject:
- Philosophy, Logic/Philosophy of Mathematics, History of Philosophy
This book has investigated logic during the 14th century. The masters of that century were widely studied during the following 150 years, and numerous books were written transmitting their ideas and ...
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This book has investigated logic during the 14th century. The masters of that century were widely studied during the following 150 years, and numerous books were written transmitting their ideas and adding to them. However, medieval logic has been criticised for its ‘damnable particularity’. Medieval logicians formulated and used a number of rules of a very high level of abstraction. A number of such rules are evident in molecular propositions. And as regards the logic of terms, the basic rules of descent under terms covered by universal or particular quantifiers, or by signs of negation, are at a high level of logical abstraction. Nevertheless, to many it seemed as though the logic of the late medieval period was running practically out of control. There were simply too many rules, and no assurance that new ones might not be introduced indefinitely. The time was becoming ripe for change. The change came under the banner of the new humanism which was, by the late 15th century, beginning to take deep root in the universities.Less
This book has investigated logic during the 14th century. The masters of that century were widely studied during the following 150 years, and numerous books were written transmitting their ideas and adding to them. However, medieval logic has been criticised for its ‘damnable particularity’. Medieval logicians formulated and used a number of rules of a very high level of abstraction. A number of such rules are evident in molecular propositions. And as regards the logic of terms, the basic rules of descent under terms covered by universal or particular quantifiers, or by signs of negation, are at a high level of logical abstraction. Nevertheless, to many it seemed as though the logic of the late medieval period was running practically out of control. There were simply too many rules, and no assurance that new ones might not be introduced indefinitely. The time was becoming ripe for change. The change came under the banner of the new humanism which was, by the late 15th century, beginning to take deep root in the universities.
Peter Mack
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- March 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780199597284
- eISBN:
- 9780191804588
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:osobl/9780199597284.003.0011
- Subject:
- History, European Early Modern History
This chapter discusses letter-writing manuals and their respective authors. Latin letter-writing manuals were among the most printed renaissance works on rhetoric with about 900 editions of ...
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This chapter discusses letter-writing manuals and their respective authors. Latin letter-writing manuals were among the most printed renaissance works on rhetoric with about 900 editions of individual works published between 1460 and 1620. Two manuals in particular, Niccolò Perotti's (1430–1480) Rudimenta grammatices (1473), which gave a quarter of its space to letter-writing; and Erasmus's De conscribendis epistolis (1521), went through over 100 editions. Other authors discussed include Lorenzo Traversagni of Savona (1425–1503), Francesco Negro (b. 1452), Cristoph Hegendorff (1500–1540), Juan Luis Vives (1492–1540), Georgius Macropedius (1487–1558), and Justus Lipsius (1547–1606).Less
This chapter discusses letter-writing manuals and their respective authors. Latin letter-writing manuals were among the most printed renaissance works on rhetoric with about 900 editions of individual works published between 1460 and 1620. Two manuals in particular, Niccolò Perotti's (1430–1480) Rudimenta grammatices (1473), which gave a quarter of its space to letter-writing; and Erasmus's De conscribendis epistolis (1521), went through over 100 editions. Other authors discussed include Lorenzo Traversagni of Savona (1425–1503), Francesco Negro (b. 1452), Cristoph Hegendorff (1500–1540), Juan Luis Vives (1492–1540), Georgius Macropedius (1487–1558), and Justus Lipsius (1547–1606).
Neil W. Bernstein
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- September 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780199964116
- eISBN:
- 9780199346042
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199964116.001.0001
- Subject:
- Classical Studies, Literary Studies: Classical, Early, and Medieval
The Major Declamations are a collection of nineteen full-length Latin speeches attributed in antiquity to the rhetorician Quintilian, but most likely composed by a group of authors in the second and ...
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The Major Declamations are a collection of nineteen full-length Latin speeches attributed in antiquity to the rhetorician Quintilian, but most likely composed by a group of authors in the second and third centuries CE. This book argues that the fictional scenarios of the Major Declamations enable the conceptual exploration of a variety of ethical and social issues. These include the construction of authority (Chapter 1), the verification of claims (Chapter 2), the conventions of reciprocity (Chapter 3), and the ethics of spectatorship (Chapter 4). Chapter 5 presents a study of the reception of the collection by the Renaissance humanist Juan Luis Vives and the eighteenth-century scholar Lorenzo Patarol. A brief postscript surveys the use of declamatory exercises in the contemporary university.Less
The Major Declamations are a collection of nineteen full-length Latin speeches attributed in antiquity to the rhetorician Quintilian, but most likely composed by a group of authors in the second and third centuries CE. This book argues that the fictional scenarios of the Major Declamations enable the conceptual exploration of a variety of ethical and social issues. These include the construction of authority (Chapter 1), the verification of claims (Chapter 2), the conventions of reciprocity (Chapter 3), and the ethics of spectatorship (Chapter 4). Chapter 5 presents a study of the reception of the collection by the Renaissance humanist Juan Luis Vives and the eighteenth-century scholar Lorenzo Patarol. A brief postscript surveys the use of declamatory exercises in the contemporary university.
Ann Moss
- Published in print:
- 1996
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198159087
- eISBN:
- 9780191673474
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198159087.003.0006
- Subject:
- Literature, 16th-century and Renaissance Literature
The prescriptions for commonplace-books to be found in the works of Desiderius Erasmus, Philipp Melanchthon, and Juan Luis Vives were published together as excerpts in manuals De ratione studii. ...
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The prescriptions for commonplace-books to be found in the works of Desiderius Erasmus, Philipp Melanchthon, and Juan Luis Vives were published together as excerpts in manuals De ratione studii. Their presence there, together with other examples of good practice in the matter of education, points us to the schoolroom environment within which boys were conditioned to think in ways determined by the instrument they used to probe material they were set to study, store in their memory, and retrieve for reproduction, that is to say, by their commonplace-book. From now on, the history of the commonplace-book becomes an integral part of the history of Renaissance culture in general, because it is the history of its technical support system, and consequently of one of the most important factors contributing to its intellectual paradigms. From now on, also, the documentation of the history of the commonplace-book becomes enormous.Less
The prescriptions for commonplace-books to be found in the works of Desiderius Erasmus, Philipp Melanchthon, and Juan Luis Vives were published together as excerpts in manuals De ratione studii. Their presence there, together with other examples of good practice in the matter of education, points us to the schoolroom environment within which boys were conditioned to think in ways determined by the instrument they used to probe material they were set to study, store in their memory, and retrieve for reproduction, that is to say, by their commonplace-book. From now on, the history of the commonplace-book becomes an integral part of the history of Renaissance culture in general, because it is the history of its technical support system, and consequently of one of the most important factors contributing to its intellectual paradigms. From now on, also, the documentation of the history of the commonplace-book becomes enormous.
John Gittings
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- March 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780199575763
- eISBN:
- 9780191804458
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:osobl/9780199575763.003.0005
- Subject:
- History, Military History
This chapter first examines the peace advocacy of Erasmus, the great humanist of the early sixteenth century, and that of his fellow humanists such as Thomas More and Juan Luis Vives. It considers ...
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This chapter first examines the peace advocacy of Erasmus, the great humanist of the early sixteenth century, and that of his fellow humanists such as Thomas More and Juan Luis Vives. It considers Machiavelli's war advocacy and how it stands in direct contrast to Erasmus. The chapter then moves on to the end of the century to reflect on Shakespeare's complex attitude towards war and peace. Of particular relevance is Henry V, a play which poses questions about Shakespeare's real attitude towards his subject, which have been a matter for debate ever since they were first raised by the essayist William Hazlitt in the early nineteenth century. Within three years, Shakespeare was staging Troilus and Cressida, a play whose unremitting cynicism towards war is more widely recognized.Less
This chapter first examines the peace advocacy of Erasmus, the great humanist of the early sixteenth century, and that of his fellow humanists such as Thomas More and Juan Luis Vives. It considers Machiavelli's war advocacy and how it stands in direct contrast to Erasmus. The chapter then moves on to the end of the century to reflect on Shakespeare's complex attitude towards war and peace. Of particular relevance is Henry V, a play which poses questions about Shakespeare's real attitude towards his subject, which have been a matter for debate ever since they were first raised by the essayist William Hazlitt in the early nineteenth century. Within three years, Shakespeare was staging Troilus and Cressida, a play whose unremitting cynicism towards war is more widely recognized.
Joseph Campana
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- September 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780823269556
- eISBN:
- 9780823269594
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Fordham University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5422/fordham/9780823269556.003.0010
- Subject:
- Literature, 16th-century and Renaissance Literature
“H is for Humanism” considers that purportedly quintessential figure of humanity—the child. Not only was this figure (the focus of so much humanist concern and, consequently, pedagogy) not precisely ...
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“H is for Humanism” considers that purportedly quintessential figure of humanity—the child. Not only was this figure (the focus of so much humanist concern and, consequently, pedagogy) not precisely human in the Renaissance, but more profoundly, the child demonstrates a quality we might call plasticity. Turning to the venerable trope of the mirror, this chapter discovers in a series of troubled mirror moments a cascade failure of intelligibility of the human focalized on the child who has the all-too human capacity to infinitely mirror others. Thus, in a range of texts, from Juan Luis Vives’s A Fable About Man to Will Rankin’s anti-theatrical screed A Mirrour for Monsters to William Shakespeare’s metatheatrical Hamlet, where a figure of man not only defies definition but seems to exist without positive attributes of his own, the frequently privative accounts of humanity in the Renaissance are indices of an interest in a kind of radical plasticity exemplified by the child.Less
“H is for Humanism” considers that purportedly quintessential figure of humanity—the child. Not only was this figure (the focus of so much humanist concern and, consequently, pedagogy) not precisely human in the Renaissance, but more profoundly, the child demonstrates a quality we might call plasticity. Turning to the venerable trope of the mirror, this chapter discovers in a series of troubled mirror moments a cascade failure of intelligibility of the human focalized on the child who has the all-too human capacity to infinitely mirror others. Thus, in a range of texts, from Juan Luis Vives’s A Fable About Man to Will Rankin’s anti-theatrical screed A Mirrour for Monsters to William Shakespeare’s metatheatrical Hamlet, where a figure of man not only defies definition but seems to exist without positive attributes of his own, the frequently privative accounts of humanity in the Renaissance are indices of an interest in a kind of radical plasticity exemplified by the child.
María M. Portuondo
- Published in print:
- 2019
- Published Online:
- September 2019
- ISBN:
- 9780226592268
- eISBN:
- 9780226609096
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
- DOI:
- 10.7208/chicago/9780226609096.003.0003
- Subject:
- History, History of Science, Technology, and Medicine
The focus of the chapter is on the response by sixteenth-century natural philosophers in Spain to the problems arising from the perceived tension between natural philosophy and empirical study of ...
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The focus of the chapter is on the response by sixteenth-century natural philosophers in Spain to the problems arising from the perceived tension between natural philosophy and empirical study of nature. The chapter notes the emergence and popularity in Spain of natural theological tracts following the Natural Theology of Raymond Sebond, and through the works of Luis de Granada and Alejo Venegas. These natural theologies defined the overarching purpose for the study of nature as a conduit to understanding God. Attention moves next to a representative sample of those who advocated the study of nature from an empirical perspective: Juan Luis Vives, Oliva Sabuco, and Andrés García de Céspedes. Having set up the dialectic that resulted from these perspectives, the chapter surveys various natural philosophical systems presented as alternatives to Scholastic Aristotelianism, such as Francisco Suárez’s modifications to Aristotelian metaphysics, Sebastian Fox Morcillo’s Neoplatonism, and Francisco Sánchez’s skeptical critique of knowledge. The chapter concludes by recapitulating the differences between the Augustinian versus Thomist views on humanity’s ability to attain true knowledge of nature.Less
The focus of the chapter is on the response by sixteenth-century natural philosophers in Spain to the problems arising from the perceived tension between natural philosophy and empirical study of nature. The chapter notes the emergence and popularity in Spain of natural theological tracts following the Natural Theology of Raymond Sebond, and through the works of Luis de Granada and Alejo Venegas. These natural theologies defined the overarching purpose for the study of nature as a conduit to understanding God. Attention moves next to a representative sample of those who advocated the study of nature from an empirical perspective: Juan Luis Vives, Oliva Sabuco, and Andrés García de Céspedes. Having set up the dialectic that resulted from these perspectives, the chapter surveys various natural philosophical systems presented as alternatives to Scholastic Aristotelianism, such as Francisco Suárez’s modifications to Aristotelian metaphysics, Sebastian Fox Morcillo’s Neoplatonism, and Francisco Sánchez’s skeptical critique of knowledge. The chapter concludes by recapitulating the differences between the Augustinian versus Thomist views on humanity’s ability to attain true knowledge of nature.
Peter Mack
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- March 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780199597284
- eISBN:
- 9780191804588
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:osobl/9780199597284.003.0006
- Subject:
- History, European Early Modern History
This chapter discusses sixteenth-century writers and their contributions to renaissance rhetoric. Philipp Melanchthon (1497–1560) was the dominant figure of this period and he took a personal role in ...
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This chapter discusses sixteenth-century writers and their contributions to renaissance rhetoric. Philipp Melanchthon (1497–1560) was the dominant figure of this period and he took a personal role in the reform of universities and attracted many direct followers. Melanchthon built his work around the connections between rhetoric and dialectic, insisting that effective writing required a thorough and coordinated knowledge of both subjects. Other authors covered by the chapter include Johann Caesarius of Julich (c, 1468–1550), Bartholomaeus Latomus (1485–1570), Johann Rivius (1500–1553), Georg Major (1502–1574), Erasmus Sarcerius (1501–1559), Johann Spangenberg (1484–1550), Lucas Lossius (1508–1582), Martin Crusius (1526–1607), and Juan Luis Vives (1492–1540).Less
This chapter discusses sixteenth-century writers and their contributions to renaissance rhetoric. Philipp Melanchthon (1497–1560) was the dominant figure of this period and he took a personal role in the reform of universities and attracted many direct followers. Melanchthon built his work around the connections between rhetoric and dialectic, insisting that effective writing required a thorough and coordinated knowledge of both subjects. Other authors covered by the chapter include Johann Caesarius of Julich (c, 1468–1550), Bartholomaeus Latomus (1485–1570), Johann Rivius (1500–1553), Georg Major (1502–1574), Erasmus Sarcerius (1501–1559), Johann Spangenberg (1484–1550), Lucas Lossius (1508–1582), Martin Crusius (1526–1607), and Juan Luis Vives (1492–1540).
Hans Blumenberg
- Published in print:
- 2020
- Published Online:
- January 2021
- ISBN:
- 9781501732829
- eISBN:
- 9781501748004
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Cornell University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7591/cornell/9781501732829.003.0025
- Subject:
- Philosophy, General
This chapter reflects on Hans Blumenberg's “Of Nonunderstanding: Glosses on Three Fables” (1984). The first fable is “The Pauper's Coin.” Blumenberg read this fable as a hint about how important it ...
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This chapter reflects on Hans Blumenberg's “Of Nonunderstanding: Glosses on Three Fables” (1984). The first fable is “The Pauper's Coin.” Blumenberg read this fable as a hint about how important it is for the poor man, too, to carry at least a small coin about him. The second is a lyric fable of Babrios from the second century, in which Zeus, Poseidon, and Athena engage in an art competition. Meanwhile, the Spanish humanist Juan Luis Vives recorded the fable of the peasant who killed a donkey because it swallowed the moon while drinking from a bucket, and because the world could sooner do without a donkey than without heaven's lamp. The chapter then considers the different ways that this fable can be read.Less
This chapter reflects on Hans Blumenberg's “Of Nonunderstanding: Glosses on Three Fables” (1984). The first fable is “The Pauper's Coin.” Blumenberg read this fable as a hint about how important it is for the poor man, too, to carry at least a small coin about him. The second is a lyric fable of Babrios from the second century, in which Zeus, Poseidon, and Athena engage in an art competition. Meanwhile, the Spanish humanist Juan Luis Vives recorded the fable of the peasant who killed a donkey because it swallowed the moon while drinking from a bucket, and because the world could sooner do without a donkey than without heaven's lamp. The chapter then considers the different ways that this fable can be read.