|
|
Article: Aristotle's Ethics in the Italian Renaissance (ca. 1300-1650): The Universities and the Problem of Moral Education.(Reviews)(Book Review)
- Article from:
- Renaissance Quarterly
- Article date:
- March 22, 2004
- Author:
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2004 The Renaissance Society of America. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
David A. Lines. Aristotle's Ethics in the Italian Renaissance (ca. 1300-1650): The Universities and the Problem of Moral Education.
Leiden and Boston: Brill Academic Publishers, 2002. xxiv + 614 pp. index. append. bibl. $140. ISBN: 90-04-12085-8.
This large book studies the history of the teaching of Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics in Italian universities by examining over 160 Latin commentaries and translations produced between 1300 and 1650. It begins with an introduction in which the author finds fault with interpretations of humanism and humanistic education by some scholars and agrees with others. Lines sees humanism as conservative and wanting in ...