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THE POET’S WISDOM BRILL’S STUDIES IN INTELLECTUAL HISTORY General Editor A.J. Vanderjagt, University of Groningen Editorial Board C.S. Celenza, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore M. Colish, Oberlin College J.I. Israel, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton J.D. North, University of Groningen W. Otten, Utrecht University VOLUME133 THE POET’S WISDOM The Humanists, the Church, and the Formation of Philosophy in the Early Renaissance BY TIMOTHY KIRCHER BRILL LEIDEN•BOSTON 2006 On the cover: Andrea di Bonaiuto (14th CE), “The Church Militant and Triumphant,” detail: St. Thomas Aquinas and Heretics (detail). Spanish Chapel, S. Maria Novella, Florence, Italy. Photo: Scala/Art Resource, NY. [COA0034010]. This book is printed on acid-free paper. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Kircher, Timothy. The poet’s wisdom : the humanists, the church, and the formation of philosophy in the early Renaissance / by T. Kircher. p. cm. — (Brill’s studies in intellectual history, ISSN 0920-8607 ; v. 133) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 90-04-14637-7 (alk. paper) 1. Humanism—History. 2. Church history. 3. Philosophy—History. 4. Petrarca, Francesco, 1304-1374. 5. Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375. I. Title. II. Series. B778.K57 2005 144—dc22 2005050829 ISSN 0920-8607 ISBN 90 04 14637 7 © Copyright 2006 by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands Koninklijke Brill NV incorporates the imprints Brill Academic Publishers, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers and VSP. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, translated, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior written permission from the publisher. Authorization to photocopy items for internal or personal use is granted by Brill provided that the appropriate fees are paid directly to The Copyright Clearance Center, 222 Rosewood Drive, Suite 910 Danvers, MA01923, USA. Fees are subject to change. printed in the netherlands To Tonya CONTENTS Acknowledgements ...................................................................... ix List of Illustrations .................................................................... xi I. Introduction ........................................................................ 3 II. Tracking the Vagaries of Time: Anxiety and Freedom in Humanist Accounts of the Plague of 1348 ................ 43 III. Morality’s Hazy Mirror: The Humanist Modality of Moral Communication in the Decameron ........................ 99 IV. The Paradox of Experience and Moral Authority in Petrarch’s Writings ............................................................ 145 V. The Sea as an Image of Temporality ............................ 185 VI. The Ethics of Pleasure: Faces of the Feminine .............. 229 VII. Senescence and Renascence ............................................ 283 Bibliography ................................................................................ 297 Index .......................................................................................... 311
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