Course articulation
A: The cult of the classical authors and the dignity of the man in the reflections of the humanists
Texts:
1. PICO DELLA MIRANDOLA, Oratio de hominis dignitate
2. G. MANETTI, De dignitate et excellentia hominis
3. P. BRACCIOLINI, Epistolarum familiarium libri
4. L. BRUNI, Dialogi ad Petrum Paulum Histrum
5. L. B. ALBERTI, Quattro libri della famiglia (Proemium liber III)
6. L. VALLA, In sex libros Elegantiarum. Praefatio
7. A. POLIZIANO, Epistula Paulo Cortesio suo
Basic text for the knowledge of the medieval and humanistic literature:
Leonardi C., Letteratura latina medievale: un manuale, Sismel Edizioni del Galluzzo, 2003, capp. XIV, XV.
B: The philosophical, scientific and religious roots of the magic thought of Ficino in De vita coelitus comparanda.
Texts:
M. FICINUS, De vita libri tres, C.V. KASKE, J.R.CLARK edd., Three Books on Life. A Critical Edition and Translation with Introduction and Notes («Medieval & Renaissance Texts & Studies»)The Renaissance Society of America, Tempe, Arizona, 1998.
M. FICINO, Sulla vita, ed A. TARABOCHIA CANAVERO, Milano , Rusconi, 1995.
An accurate critical bibliography of reference will be available during the course.
