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.
- ISBN10 9004095527
- ISBN13 9789004095526
- Publish Date 1 September 1991
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 3 October 2008
- Publish Country NL
- Imprint Brill
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 368
- Language English
- URL http://brill.com/product_id1048