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Plato in the Italian Renaissance. Volume 1 / James Hankins.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hankins, James, author.
- Series:
- Columbia studies in the classical tradition ; 17.
- Columbia studies in the classical tradition ; 17
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Renaissance--Italy.
- Renaissance.
- Italy--Intellectual life--1268-1559.
- Italy.
- Plato--Influence.
- Plato.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxxii, 847 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden : J. Brill, 2018.
- Summary:
- A study of the 15th-century Italian revival of interest in the Platonic dialogues. It aims to show how the interpretation of Plato was moulded by the expectations of 15th-century readers, by the need to protect Plato against his critics and by the hermeneutical attitudes and practices of the time.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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