The Debate Over the Origin of Genius During the Italian Renaissance: The Theories of Supernatural Frenzy and Natural Melancholy in Accord and in Conflict on the Threshold of the Scientific Revolution

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BRILL, 2002 - Всего страниц: 502
This study explores a prominent Italian Renaissance theme, the origin of genius, revealing how the coalescence of a Platonic theory of divine frenzy and an Aristotelian theory of melancholy genius eventually disintegrated under the force of late Renaissance events.
 

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The Platonic Revival and the Philosophical Flowering
82
Theory
123
The Aristotelian and Skeptical Revivals and their
153
Persisting Obstacles to a Theory of Melancholy
189
The Problem of Melancholy Genius on the Threshold
333
Conclusion
443
Bibliography
471
Index
489
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Noel L. Brann, Ph.D. (1965) in History and the Humanities, Stanford University, has taught at the University of Maryland and the University of Tennessee. He has published two books on the Abbott Trithemius, one with Brill (1981).

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