Plato in the Italian Renaissance: Volume 1

By James Hankins

Book Overview

Plato in the Italian Renaissance, the first book-length treatment of Renaissance Platonism in over fifty years, is a study of the dramatic revival of interest in the Platonic dialogues in Italy in the fifteenth century. Through a richly contextual study of the translations and commentaries on Plato, James Hankins seeks to show how the interpretation of Plato was molded by the expectations of fifteenth-century readers, by the need to protect Plato against his critics, and the broader hermeneutical assumptions and practices of the period.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004095527
• ISBN13: 9789004095526
• Release Date: September 1991
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 3.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.8" x 1.0" x 6.5"