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THE C A M B R I D GE HISTORY OF RENAISSANCE PHILOSOPHY Cambridge Histories Online © Cambridge University Press, 2008 Cambridge Histories Online © Cambridge University Press, 2008 The Cambridge History of Renaissance Philosophy GENERAL EDITOR CHARLES B. SCHMITT EDITORS Q U E N T IN SKINNER E C K H A RD KESSLER ASSOCIATE EDITOR JILL K R A YE CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS Cambridge Histories Online © Cambridge University Press, 2008 CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS Cambridge, New York, Melbourne, Madrid, Cape Town, Singapore, Sao Paulo Cambridge University Press The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge CB2 8RU, UK Published in the United States of America by Cambridge University Press, New York www.cambridge.org Information on this title:www.cambridge.org/9780521397483 © Cambridge University Press 1988 This publication is in copyright. Subject to statutory exception and to the provisions of relevant collective licensing agreements, no reproduction of any part may take place without the written permission of Cambridge University Press. First published 1988 Seventh printing 2007 Printed in the United Kingdom at the University Press, Cambridge British Library Cataloguing in Publication data The Cambridge history of Renaissance philosophy. 1. Philosophy, Renaissance I. Schmitt, Charles B. 190'.9'031 B775 Library of Congress Cataloguing in Publication data The Cambridge history of Renaissance philosophy. Bibliography Includes indexes 1. Philosophy, Renaissance. I. Schmitt, Charles B., 1933-86. II. Skinner, Quentin. III. Kessler, Eckhard. IV. Kraye, Jill. B775.C25 190'.0'024 87-5212 ISBN -13 978-0-521-25104-4 hardback ISBN-13 978- 0-521-39748-3 paperback Cambridge University Press has no responsibility for the persistence or accuracy of URLs for external or third-party internet websites referred to in this publication, and does not guarantee that any content on such websites is, or will remain, accurate or appropriate. Cambridge Histories Online © Cambridge University Press, 2008 CONTENTS List of contributors viii Preface xi Introduction i PART 1 THE INTELLECTUAL CONTEXT 7 I The conditions of enquiry 9 1 Manuscripts 11 JOHN F. D'AMICO 2 Printing and censorship 25 PAUL F. GRENDLER II The Renaissance concept of philosophy 55 3 CESARE VASOLI 57 III Translation, terminology and style in philosophical discourse 75 4 BRIAN P. COPENHAVER 77 IV Humanism 111 5 PAUL OSKAR KRISTELLER I 13 PART 2 PHILOSOPHY AND ITS PARTS 139 V Logic and language 141 6 Traditional logic 143 E. j. ASHWORTH 7 Humanistic logic 173s LISA JARDINE Cambridge Histories Online © Cambridge University Press, 2008 VI Contents VI Natural philosophy 199 8 Traditional natural philosophy 201 WILLIAM A. WALLACE 9 The new philosophy of nature 236 ALFONSO INGEGNO 10 Astrology and magic 264 BRIAN P. COPENHAVER VII Moral philosophy 301 11 JILL KRAYE 303 VIII Political philosophy 387 12 QUENTIN SKINNER 389 IX Psychology 453 13 The concept of psychology 455 KATHARINE PARK AND ECKHARD KESSLER 14 The organic soul 464 KATHARINE PARK 15 The intellective soul 485 ECKHARD KESSLER X Metaphysics 535 16 CHARLES H. LOHR 537 XI Problems of knowledge and actionss 639 17 Fate, fortune, providence and human freedom 641 ANTONINO POPPI 18 Theories of knowledge 668 RICHARD H. POPKIN 19 Epistemology of the sciences 685 NICHOLAS J A R DI NE Cambridge Histories Online © Cambridge University Press, 2008 sss XII Philosophy and humanistic disciplines 713 20 Rhetoric and poetics 7l5 BRIAN VICKERS 21 The theory of history 746 DONALD R. KELLEY PART 3 SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL 763 XIII Appendices 765 22 The availability of ancient works 767 ANTHONY GRAFTON 23 The rise of the philosophical textbook 792 CHARLES B. SCHMITT Biobibliographies 805 MICHAEL J. WILMOTT and CHARLES B. SCHMITT Bibliography 842 MICHAEL J. WILMOTT and CHARLES B. SCHMITT Index nominum 931 Index rerum 948 Cambridge Histories Online © Cambridge University Press, 2008 CONTRIBUTORS PROFESSOR E. J. ASHWORTH Department of Philosophy, University of Waterloo PROFESSOR BRIAN P. COPENHAVER Department of History, Oakland University PROFESSOR JOHN F. D'AMICO Department of History, George Mason University PROFESSOR ANTHONY GRAFTON Department of History, Princeton University PROFESSOR PAUL F. GRENDLER Department of History, University of Toronto PROFESSOR ALFONSO INGEGNO Facoltà di lettre e filosofia, Università di Urbino DR LISA JARDINE Jesus College, University of Cambridge DR NICHOLAS JARDINE Darwin College, University of Cambridge PROFESSOR DONALD R. KELLEY Department of History, University of Rochester PROFESSOR ECKHARD KESSLER Institut für Geistesgeschichte und Philosophie der Renaissance, Universität München JILL KRAYE The Warburg Institute, University of London PROFESSOR EMERITUS PAUL OSKAR KRISTELLER Department of Philosophy, Columbia University PROFESSOR CHARLES H. LOHR, S. J. Raimundus-Lullus-Institut, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität, Freiburg i. Br. PROFESSOR KATHARINE PARK Department of History, Wellesley College PROFESSOR EMERITUS RICHARD H. POPKIN Department of Philosophy, Washington University vili Cambridge Histories Online © Cambridge University Press, 2008 List of Contributors PROFESSOR ANTONINO POPPI Facoltà di lettere e filosofia, Università di Padova DR CHARLES B. SCHMITT Late of The Warburg Institute, University of London PROFESSOR QUENTIN SKINNER Christ's College, University of Cambridge PROFESSOR CESARE VASOLI Facoltà di lettere e filosofia, Università di Firenze PROFESSOR BRIAN VICKERS Centre for Renaissance Studies, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich PROFESSOR WILLIAM A. WALLACE, O. P. Department of Philosophy, Catholic University of America DR MICHAEL J. WILMOTT Formerly Research Student at The Warburg Institute, University of London Cambridge Histories Online © Cambridge University Press, 2008