Imaging Aristotle : Verbal and Visual Representation in Fourteenth-Century France / Claire Richter Sherman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sherman, Claire Richter, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

French language--To 1300--Style.

French language.

Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval--France.

Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval.

Illumination of books and manuscripts, French.

Translating and interpreting--France--History--To 1500.

Translating and interpreting.

Greek language--Translating into French--History.

Greek language.

Art and literature--France--History.

Art and literature.

France--Civilization--1328-1600.

France.

Oresme, Nicole, approximately 1320-1382.

Oresme, Nicole.

Aristotle--Influence.

Aristotle.

Aristotle. Politics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (460 p.) : Num. plates, figs.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, California : University of California Press, [1995]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1995. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

ABBREVIATIONS OF PRINCIPAL MANUSCRIPTS

INTRODUCTION

1. Royal Patronage of Vernacular Translations

2. Intellectual and Political Ties between Nicole Oresme and Charles V

3. Nicole Oresme as Master of the Texts

4. Preliminary Considerations

5. Dedication Frontispieces (Book I)

6. Virtue as Queen and Mean ( Book II)

7. Courage, Moderation, and Their Opposites (Book III)

8. Generosity, Magnanimity, Profligacy, and Avarice (Book IV)

9. The Centrality of Justice (Book V)

10. Guides to the Intellectual Virtues ( Book VI)

11. Reason and Desire: Moral Decisions (Book VII)

12. Friendship: Personal and Social Relationships (Book VIII)

13. Moral Obligations of Friendship (Book IX)

14. Contemplative Happiness and Intellectual Activity (Book X)

15. Contrasts and Continuities

16. The Six-Forms-of-Government Frontispieces (Book I)

17. Classical Authorities on Political Theory (Book II)

18. Threats to the Body Politic (Book III)

19. Foundations of Political Stability (Book IV)

20. Undermining the Body Politic (Book V)

21. Good Democracy: A Pastoral Vision? (Book VI)

22. Citizens and Noncitizens (Book VII)

23. Education of the Young (Book VIII)

24. Family and Household (Book I, Yconomique)

25. The Marriage Ceremony (Book II, Yconomique)

CONCLUSION

APPENDIX I MS A

APPENDIX II MS C

APPENDIX III MS B

APPENDIX IV MS D

APPENDIX V MSB, FOL. 2

ABBREVIATIONS OF FREQUENTLY CITED WORKS

NOTES

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 01. Okt 2020)

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780520339309

0520339304

OCLC:

1198929424