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The Renaissance, known primarily for the art and literature that it produced, was also a period in which philosophical thought flourished. This two-volume anthology contains 40 new translations of important works on moral and political philosophy written during the Renaissance and hitherto unavailable in English. The anthology is designed to be used in conjunction with The Cambridge History of Renaissance Philosophy, in which all of these texts are discussed. The works, originally written in Latin, Italian, French, Spanish, and Greek, cover such topics as: concepts of man, Aristotelian, Platonic, Stoic, and Epicurean ethics, scholastic political philosophy, theories of princely and republican government in Italy and northern European political thought. Each text is supplied with an introduction and a guide to further reading

This volume investigates the paradigm changes which occurred in ethics during the early modern era (1350-1600). While many general claims have been made regarding the nature of moral philosophy in the period of transition from medieval to modern thought, the rich variety of extant texts has seldom been studied and discussed in detail. The present collection attempts to do this. It provides new research on ethics in the context of Late Scholasticism, Neo-Scholasticism, Renaissance Humanism and the Reformation. It traces the fate of Aristotelianism and of Stoicism, explores specific topics such as probabilism and casuistry, and highlights the connections between Protestant theology and early modern ethics. The book also examines how the origins of human rights, as well as different views of moral agency, the will and the emotions, came into focus on the eve of modernity. Target audience: students of medieval, Renaissance and Reformation history, students of the history of philosophy, ethics and theology, those interested in humanism, human rights and the history of law.

1. A polyglot traveller in the republic of letters / Jan Loop -- 2. Between literature and history / Ziad Elmarsafy -- 3. Islam as a 'rational' religion: early modern European views / Noel Malcolm -- 4. Thomas Erpenius, Oriental scholarship and the art of persuasion / Arnoud Vrolijk and Joanna Weinberg -- 5. From Astronomica to Exotica: Jacob Golius's edition of al-Farghānī's On the science of the stars in comparison with the earlier versions / Charles Burnett -- 6. An unrecognized 'critique' of John Selden's Historie of tithes: John Gregory's 1634 edition of View of the civile and ecclesiasticall law by Thomas Ridley / Mordechai Feingold -- 7. Ravius in the East / Gerald J. Toomer -- 8. Die silberne Rippe der orientalischen Schrift. Johann Ernst Gerhards Stammbuch und seine Reise durch die Niederlande im Jahr 1650 / Martin Mulsow -- 9. The errant eye: Johann Michael Wansleben and the monasteries of Suhāg / Nicholas Warner -- 10. Histoire connectée du monachisme oriental. De l'érudition catholique en Europe aux réformes monastiques au Mont Liban (XVIIe-XVIIIe siècles) / Aurélien Girard -- 11. Historia Literaria Alcorani: two Lutheran scholars chronicling Oriental scholarship at the turn of the Eighteenth century / Asaph Ben-Tov -- 12. Fasting: the limits of Catholic confessionalization in Eastern Christianity in the Eighteenth century / Bernard Heyberger -- 13. Away with all the Greeks: ancients, moderns and Arabs in Étienne Fourmont's 'Oratio de lingua Arabica' (1715) / Alexander Bevilacqua -- 14. Richard Pococke and the natural curiosities of the East / Jan Marten Ivo Klaver -- 15. Patrick Russell and the Arabian nights manuscripts / Maurits H. van den Boogert -- 16. Volney's Meditations on ruins and empires / Robert Irwin -- 17. Malivoire et Rousseau informateurs de la cour de Vienne: Les bouleversements de la Perse des années 1795-1798 vus de Bagdad / Francis Richard -- 18. Ahmad Faris al-Shidyaq in England: 1848-1856 / Tarif Khalidi -- 19. Snouck Hurgronje's Consular ambitions / Jan Just Witkam.

Jill Kraye, Professor Emerita of the Warburg Institute, is renowned internationally for her scholarship on Renaissance philosophy and humanism. This volume pays tribute to her achievements with essays by friends, colleagues, and doctoral students - all leading scholars - on subjects as diverse as her work. Articles on canonical figures such as Marsilio Ficino and Justus Lipsius mix with more quirky pieces on alphabetic play and the Hippocratic aphorisms. Many chapters seek to bridge the divide between humanism and philosophy, including David Lines's survey of the way fifteenth-century humanists actually defined philosophy and Brian Copenhaver's polemical essay against the concept of humanist philosophy. The volume includes a full bibliography of Professor Kraye's scholarly publications

Introduction : the creation of the canon / G.A.J. Rogers -- Pt. I, Outsiders. Becoming and outsider : Gassendi in the history of philosophy / Margaret J. Osler ; Sir Kenelm Digby, recusant philosopher / John Henry ; Theophilus Gale and historiography of philosophy / Stephen Pigney ; The standing of Ralph Cudworth as a philosopher / Benjamin Carter ; Nicholas Malebranche : insider or outsider? / Andrew Pyle -- Pt. II, Insiders. Descartes. Excusable caricature and philosophical relevance : the case of Descartes / Tom Sorell ; Descartes' reputation / John Cottingham ; The political motivations of Heidegger's anti-Cartesianism / Emmanuel Faye ; Hobbes. Hobbes' reputation in Anglo-American philosophy / Tom Sorell ; A farewell to Leviathan : Foucault and Hobbes on power, sovereignty and war / Luc Foisneau ; Spinoza. Spinoza past and present / Wiep van Bunge ; Benedictus pantheissimus / Steven Nadler ; Locke. The standing and reputation of John Locke / G.A.J. Rogers ; The reputation of Locke's general philosophy in Britain in the twentieth century / Michael Ayers ; Leibniz. Leibniz's reputation : the Fontenelle tradition / Daniel Garber ; Leibniz's reputation in the eighteenth century : Kant and Herder / Catherine Wilson ; The reception of Leibniz's philosophy in the twentieth century / Robert Merrihew Adams.