Rhetoric, Prudence, and Skepticism in the Renaissance
by Kahn, Victoria
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0801417368
- ISBN 13
- 9780801417368
- Seller
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Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
Ithaca / London: Cornell University Press, 1985. Scholarly study of "the idea that the activity of reading can instill adequate moral judgement and proper ethical standards in readers", exploring its roots in Aristotle's "ethic of prudence", and rhetoric of early humanists Coluccio Salutati, Giovanni Pontano, and Lorenzo Valla; and the skepticism of Montaigne & Hobbes. Hardcover in jacket, as pictured. Light wear to book, base of spine bumped; jacket shows some edgewear, short tears, light creasing. Text clean; 243 pages; index, notes.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Octavo.
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- Bookseller
- Bookworks MWABA, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- w0812
- Title
- Rhetoric, Prudence, and Skepticism in the Renaissance
- Author
- Kahn, Victoria
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0801417368
- ISBN 13
- 9780801417368
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Place of Publication
- Ithaca / London
- Date Published
- 1985
- Size
- Octavo
- Keywords
- Criticism, Reading, Morality, Cultural Studies, Philosophy, Theology, Intellectual History, Literary Theory, Renaissance Studies, Medieval Studies
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Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
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Beloit, Wisconsin
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