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In defense of common sense Lorenzo Valla's humanist critique of scholastic philosophy / Lodi Nauta.
| Author/creator | Nauta, Lodi |
| Other author | American Council of Learned Societies. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, |
| Description | xiii, 401 p. ; 25 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from ACLS Humanities E-Book |
| Subjects |
| Series | I Tatti studies in Italian renaissance history |
| Contents | Introduction -- The attack on aristotelian-scholastic metaphysics -- The analysis of things : substance, quality, and the tree of porphyry -- Thing and word : a critique of transcendental terms -- From a grammatical point of view : the reduction of the categories -- Soul, nature, morality, and God -- Soul and nature : a critique of aristotelian psychology and natural philosophy -- The virtues and the road to heavenly pleasure -- Speaking about the ineffable : the Trinity -- Towards a humanist dialectic -- Dialectic I : propositions, the square of contraries, proof, and argument -- Dialectic II : forms of argumentation -- Conclusion: Valla and "ordinary language philosophy". |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [375]-395 ) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2008035603 |
| ISBN | 9780674032699 (alk. paper) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |