de Nobilitate Animi

by Guillelmus de Aragonia and De Aragonia Guillelmus

Guillelmus de Aragonia was known as a philosopher for his commentary on Boethius and his works on physiognomy, oneirology, and astronomy; he was also a physician, perhaps a personal physician to the king of Aragon. In a time of intellectual upheaval and civil strife, when nobility was on the verge of being defined with legal precision as it had not been since antiquity, Guillelmus taught that true nobility is an acquired habit, not an inborn quality...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674068122
• ISBN13: 9780674068124
• Release Date: April 2013
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 210 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.3"