Italian Literature and Thought
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Selected Writings of Girolamo Savonarola
by Girolamo Savonarola, Anne Borelli, Maria C. Pastore Passaro, and Donald Beebe
Published 1 January 2006
Five hundred years after his death at the stake, Girolamo Savonarola remains one of the most fascinating figures of the Italian Renaissance. This wide-ranging collection, with an introduction by historian Alison Brown, includes translations of his sermons and treatises on pastoral ministry, prophecy, politics, and moral reform, as well as the correspondence with Alexander VI that led to Savonarola's silencing and excommunication. Also included are first-hand accounts of religio-civic festivities instigated by Savonarola and of his last moments. This collection demonstrates the remarkable extent of Savonarola's contributions to the religious, political, and aesthetic debates of the late fifteenth century.
Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832), philosopher and reformer, is one of the most influential thinkers of the modern age. This introduction to his writings presents a representative selection of texts authoritatively restored by the Bentham Project, University College London. As well as more familiar pieces on utility, law, and politics/policy, highlights include the succinct essay "On Retrenchment" and a never-before-published treatise on sex. The volume is completed by major interpretative essays by Mark Canuel, David Lieberman, Jennifer Pitts, and Philip Schofield.
The texts included in the book are:
-Sex
-An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and
Legislation, Preface and Chapters 1-5
-Place and Time
-Rationale of Judicial Evidence, Specially Applied to
English Practice, Book 1, Chapter 1
-Constitutional Code Rationale, Chapters 1 and 2
-Pannomial Fragments
-Panopticon, or, the Inspection-House, Letters 1, 2,
and 6
-Of Publicity
-Manual of Political Economy, Chapters 1 and 2
-Nonsense Upon Stilts (excluding the Observations
on Sieyes)
-On Retrenchment
The texts included in the book are:
-Sex
-An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and
Legislation, Preface and Chapters 1-5
-Place and Time
-Rationale of Judicial Evidence, Specially Applied to
English Practice, Book 1, Chapter 1
-Constitutional Code Rationale, Chapters 1 and 2
-Pannomial Fragments
-Panopticon, or, the Inspection-House, Letters 1, 2,
and 6
-Of Publicity
-Manual of Political Economy, Chapters 1 and 2
-Nonsense Upon Stilts (excluding the Observations
on Sieyes)
-On Retrenchment