Format:
1 Online-Ressource (x, 502 pages)
ISBN:
9789004247604
Series Statement:
Brill's studies in intellectual history v. 107
Content:
Preliminary Material /Noel L. Brann -- Introduction /Noel L. Brann -- Chapter One: The Seeding Of A Theory Of Melancholy Genius: The Medical, Theological, And Humanist Legacies /Noel L. Brann -- Chapter Two: The Platonic Revival And The Philosophical Flowering Of A Theory Of Melancholy Genius /Noel L. Brann -- Chapter Three: The Aristotelian And Skeptical Revivals And Their Disintegrative Impact On The Ficinian Genial Theory /Noel L. Brann -- Chapter Four: Persisting Obstacles To A Theory Of Melancholy Genius In The Later Renaissance /Noel L. Brann -- Chapter Five: The Late Renaissance Vogue Of Melancholy Genius: The Literary, Art, Occult And Philosophical Strains /Noel L. Brann -- Chapter Six: The Problem Of Melancholy Genius On The Threshold Of The Scientific Revolution: The Completion Of The Philosophical Dissolution /Noel L. Brann -- Chapter Seven: Conclusion /Noel L. Brann -- Bibliography /Noel L. Brann -- Index Of Names /Noel L. Brann.
Content:
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
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [469]-488) and indexes
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789004123625
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe 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 Leiden, Boston : BRILL, 2002
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1163/9789004247604
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