A companion to Juan Luis Vives / / edited by Charles Fantazzi.

The extraordinarily diverse oeuvre of Juan Luis Vives, marked by great erudition and originality, still remains very little known in the English-speaking world. This collection of essays considers his life and the influence of his writings, and examines some of his chief works. These include his boo...

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Superior document:Brill's companions to the Christian tradition, v. 12
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Year of Publication:2008
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Brill's companions to the Christian tradition ; v. 12.
Physical Description:1 online resource (439 p.)
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / Charles Fantazzi
  • Juan Luis Vives : works and days / Enrique Gonzalez Gonzalez
  • Vives and the emarginati / Charles Fantazzi
  • The social and political thought of Juan Luis Vives : concord and counsel in the Christian commonwealth / Catherine Curtis
  • The De isciplinis as a model of a humanistic text / Valerio Del Nero
  • Vives's contributions to rhetoric and dialectic / Peter Mack
  • A philosophical treatise on the soul : De anima et vita in the context of Vives's Opus / Valerio Del Nero
  • Author, adversary, and reader : a view of the De veritate fidei Christianae / Edward V. George
  • Fame and oblivion / Enrique Gonzalez Gonzalez.