Imaging Aristotle : Verbal and Visual Representation in Fourteenth-Century France /

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Tác giả chính: Richter Sherman, Claire (Tác giả)
Định dạng: Licensed eBooks
Ngôn ngữ:Tiếng Anh
Được phát hành: Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2020]
Phiên bản:Reprint 2020.
Truy cập trực tuyến:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/jj.8500915
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  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • ILLUSTRATIONS
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • ABBREVIATIONS OF PRINCIPAL MANUSCRIPTS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • PART I. THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT OF ORESME'S TRANSLATIONS
  • 1. Royal Patronage of Vernacular Translations
  • 2. Intellectual and Political Ties between Nicole Oresme and Charles V
  • 3. Nicole Oresme as Master of the Texts
  • PART II. PERSONIFICATIONS AND ALLEGORIES AS COGNITIVE AND MNEMONIC SUBJECT GUIDES
  • 4. Preliminary Considerations
  • 5. Dedication Frontispieces (Book I)
  • 6. Virtue as Queen and Mean ( Book II)
  • 7. Courage, Moderation, and Their Opposites (Book III)
  • 8. Generosity, Magnanimity, Profligacy, and Avarice (Book IV)
  • 9. The Centrality of Justice (Book V)
  • 10. Guides to the Intellectual Virtues ( Book VI)
  • 11. Reason and Desire: Moral Decisions (Book VII)
  • 12. Friendship: Personal and Social Relationships (Book VIII)
  • 13. Moral Obligations of Friendship (Book IX)
  • 14. Contemplative Happiness and Intellectual Activity (Book X)
  • PART III. PARADIGMS OF THE BODY POLITIC
  • 15. Contrasts and Continuities
  • 16. The Six-Forms-of-Government Frontispieces (Book I)
  • 17. Classical Authorities on Political Theory (Book II)
  • 18. Threats to the Body Politic (Book III)
  • 19. Foundations of Political Stability (Book IV)
  • 20. Undermining the Body Politic (Book V)
  • 21. Good Democracy: A Pastoral Vision? (Book VI)
  • 22. Citizens and Noncitizens (Book VII)
  • 23. Education of the Young (Book VIII)
  • 24. Family and Household (Book I, Yconomique)
  • 25. The Marriage Ceremony (Book II, Yconomique)
  • CONCLUSION
  • APPENDIX I MS A
  • APPENDIX II MS C
  • APPENDIX III MS B
  • APPENDIX IV MS D
  • APPENDIX V MSB, FOL. 2
  • ABBREVIATIONS OF FREQUENTLY CITED WORKS
  • NOTES
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX