Angelo Poliziano's Lamia

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Angelo Poliziano's Lamia is written by Angelus Politianus and published by BRILL. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 9004185909 (ISBN 10) and 9789004185906 (ISBN 13).

This book presents the first English translation of an important Renaissance Latin text: Angelo Poliziano s Lamia, an opening oration to a 1492 course at the University of Florence that amounts to a rethinking of the mission and nature of philosophy. An edition of the Latin text is also offered, as are four contextualizing studies.