Philosophy In The Reformation (a History Of Philosophy Without Any Gaps, Volume 8)
By (author) Adamson, Peter
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Peter Adamson presents an engaging and wide-ranging introduction to European philosophy in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, particularly the parallel and intertwining emergence of humanism and religious reform, as figures like Erasmus, Luther, and Calvin remade the intellectual and spiritual life of Europe.
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In this latest volume of A History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps, Peter Adamson presents a lively and accessible introduction to European philosophy during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Philosophy in the Reformation focuses on the parallel and intertwining emergence of humanism and of religious reform, as figures like Erasmus, Luther, and Calvin remade the intellectual and spiritual life of Europe. In the first three parts of the book, philosophical developments in central Europe, France, and Britain are examined. A wide range of topics and controversies are discussed, from debates over free will to the legitimacy of tyrannicide. This was also the time of the Northern Renaissance, which saw a resurgence of ancient concepts like skepticism and atomist theories of matter. The volume''s final section charts the Catholic reaction to these epochal events in the Counter-Reformation, and especially the ideas of Spanish thinkers like Molina and Suárez. Quite a few familiar figures are discussed, such as Montaigne and Copernicus. But as always in this series, Adamson lavishes attention on fascinating figures who are often ignored in the history of philosophy, like John Dee, Robert Fludd, and Oliva Sabuco (who is just one of numerous women intellectuals covered). Another feature of the book is its attention to literature and the arts: the reader will learn how the achievements of Dürer, Michelangelo, Shakespeare, and Cervantes relate to philosophical currents of the time. The eighth volume in the A History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps series takes us to the threshold of the early modern era and sets the stage for the developments that unfolded during the Enlightenment.
Table of contents:
Preface Acknowledgements Dates Map Germany and the Low Countries 1: European Disunion: Introduction to the Reformation 2: Strong, Silent Type: The Printing Press 3: Lords of Language: Northern Humanism 4: Opposites Attract: Nicholas of Cusa 5: Books That Last Forever: Erasmus 6: One Way or Another: Northern Scholasticism 7: Faith, No More: Martin Luther 8: Take Your Choice: The Erasmus-Luther Debate 9: Depicting What Cannot Be Depicted: Two Renaissance Artworks 10: More Lutheran than Luther: Philip Melanchthon 11: No Lord but God: the Peasants'' War and Radical Reformation 12: Slowly But Surely: Huldrych Zwingli 13: We Are Not Our Own: John Calvin 14: I Too Can Ask Questions: Protestant Scholasticism 15: Perhaps Not Wrong: Cornelius Agrippa 16: Just Add Salt: Paracelsus and Chemistry 17: The Acid Test: Theories of Matter 18: Born to Be Contrary: Toleration in the Netherlands 19: Everything is Mine, and Nothing: Lipsius and the Revival of Stoicism 20: The World Doesn''t Revolve Around You: Copernicus 21: Best of Both Worlds: Tycho Brahe 22: Music of the Spheres: Johannes Kepler France 23: Do As the Romans Did: Early French Humanism 24: Pearls of Wisdom: Marguerite of Navarre 25: Seriously Funny: Rabelais 26: Word Perfect: Logic and Language in Renaissance France 27: Life Is Not Enough: Medicine in Renaissance France 28: Make it Simple: Peter Ramus 29: Divide and Conquer: Ramism 30: Believe at Your Own Risk: Toleration in France 31: Constitutional Conventions: the Huguenots 32: One to Rule Them All: Jean Bodin 33: Pen Pals: Later French Humanism 34: Not Matter, But Me: Montaigne 35: What Do I Know? French Skepticism 36: The Tenth Muse: Marie Le Jars de Gournay England and Scotland 37: God''s is the Quarrel: The English Reformation 38: To Kill a King: The Scottish Reformation 39: Write Till Your Ink Be Dry: Brit
Short description/annotation:
Peter Adamson presents an engaging and wide-ranging introduction to European philosophy in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, particularly the parallel and intertwining emergence of humanism and religious reform, as figures like Erasmus, Luther, and Calvin remade the intellectual and spiritual life of Europe.
Description:
In this latest volume of A History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps, Peter Adamson presents a lively and accessible introduction to European philosophy during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Philosophy in the Reformation focuses on the parallel and intertwining emergence of humanism and of religious reform, as figures like Erasmus, Luther, and Calvin remade the intellectual and spiritual life of Europe. In the first three parts of the book, philosophical developments in central Europe, France, and Britain are examined. A wide range of topics and controversies are discussed, from debates over free will to the legitimacy of tyrannicide. This was also the time of the Northern Renaissance, which saw a resurgence of ancient concepts like skepticism and atomist theories of matter. The volume''s final section charts the Catholic reaction to these epochal events in the Counter-Reformation, and especially the ideas of Spanish thinkers like Molina and Suárez. Quite a few familiar figures are discussed, such as Montaigne and Copernicus. But as always in this series, Adamson lavishes attention on fascinating figures who are often ignored in the history of philosophy, like John Dee, Robert Fludd, and Oliva Sabuco (who is just one of numerous women intellectuals covered). Another feature of the book is its attention to literature and the arts: the reader will learn how the achievements of Dürer, Michelangelo, Shakespeare, and Cervantes relate to philosophical currents of the time. The eighth volume in the A History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps series takes us to the threshold of the early modern era and sets the stage for the developments that unfolded during the Enlightenment.
Table of contents:
Preface Acknowledgements Dates Map Germany and the Low Countries 1: European Disunion: Introduction to the Reformation 2: Strong, Silent Type: The Printing Press 3: Lords of Language: Northern Humanism 4: Opposites Attract: Nicholas of Cusa 5: Books That Last Forever: Erasmus 6: One Way or Another: Northern Scholasticism 7: Faith, No More: Martin Luther 8: Take Your Choice: The Erasmus-Luther Debate 9: Depicting What Cannot Be Depicted: Two Renaissance Artworks 10: More Lutheran than Luther: Philip Melanchthon 11: No Lord but God: the Peasants'' War and Radical Reformation 12: Slowly But Surely: Huldrych Zwingli 13: We Are Not Our Own: John Calvin 14: I Too Can Ask Questions: Protestant Scholasticism 15: Perhaps Not Wrong: Cornelius Agrippa 16: Just Add Salt: Paracelsus and Chemistry 17: The Acid Test: Theories of Matter 18: Born to Be Contrary: Toleration in the Netherlands 19: Everything is Mine, and Nothing: Lipsius and the Revival of Stoicism 20: The World Doesn''t Revolve Around You: Copernicus 21: Best of Both Worlds: Tycho Brahe 22: Music of the Spheres: Johannes Kepler France 23: Do As the Romans Did: Early French Humanism 24: Pearls of Wisdom: Marguerite of Navarre 25: Seriously Funny: Rabelais 26: Word Perfect: Logic and Language in Renaissance France 27: Life Is Not Enough: Medicine in Renaissance France 28: Make it Simple: Peter Ramus 29: Divide and Conquer: Ramism 30: Believe at Your Own Risk: Toleration in France 31: Constitutional Conventions: the Huguenots 32: One to Rule Them All: Jean Bodin 33: Pen Pals: Later French Humanism 34: Not Matter, But Me: Montaigne 35: What Do I Know? French Skepticism 36: The Tenth Muse: Marie Le Jars de Gournay England and Scotland 37: God''s is the Quarrel: The English Reformation 38: To Kill a King: The Scottish Reformation 39: Write Till Your Ink Be Dry: Brit
