The Individual and the Cosmos in Renaissance Philosophy

Examines the changes brewing in the early stages of the Renaissance, tracing the interdependence of philosophy, language, art, and science; the newfound recognition of individual consciousness; and, the great thinkers of the period - from da Vinci and Galileo to Pico della Mirandola and Giordano Bruno.

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This provocative volume, one of the most important interpretive works on the philosophical thought of the Renaissance, has long been regarded as a classic in its field. Ernst Cassirer here examines the changes brewing in the early stages of the Renaissance, tracing the interdependence of philosophy, language, art, and science; the newfound recognition of individual consciousness; and, the great thinkers of the period - from da Vinci and Galileo to Pico della Mirandola and Giordano Bruno. "The Individual and the Cosmos in Renaissance Philosophy" discusses the importance of fifteenth-century philosopher Nicholas Cusanus, the concepts of freedom and necessity, and the subject-object problem in Renaissance thought.