In Praise of Florence: The Panegyric of the City of Florence, and An Introduction to Leonardo Bruni's Civil Humanism

by Leonardo Bruni, Alfred Scheepers

Overview

The Italian Renaissance was the home of modern ideas about republican freedom, democracy, balance of power, and free competition. But the period in which these ideas originated, the 14th and 15th century, is still relatively unknown, in spite of the fact that this time displays a remarkable similarity with our own.

Leonardo Bruni was the first to formulate these new ideas. His impact on the later thinkers of the Renaissance has been enormous. Therefore indirectly he put his mark on the development of the political thought of the whole western world. A good reason for an English translation of this early work of the Florentine humanist. It contains the germs of the thoughts elaborated in later works such as the History of the Florentine People and the Funeral Speech for Nanni de' Strozzi.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789077787021
Publisher:	Olive Press
Publication date:	06/28/2005
Edition description:	Translatio
Pages:	150
Product dimensions:	4.80(w) x 7.90(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Leonardo Bruni was an influential political and cultural thinker of the 15th century. Alfred Scheepers is the author of An Orientation in Indian Philosophy, A Survey of Buddhist Thought, and The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali.