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Record Nr.

UNISA996208237903316

Autore

Buys Ruben <1974-, >

Titolo

De kunst van het weldenken : lekenfilosofie en volkstalig rationalisme in de Nederlanden (1550-1600) / / Ruben Buys

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam University Press, 2009

[Amsterdam] : , : Amsterdam University Press, , 2009

ISBN

1-282-45364-5

9786612453649

90-485-1074-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (313 pages) : illustrations; digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Bibliotheca dissidentium Neerlandicorum

Disciplina

900

Soggetti

Semantics (Philosophy)

Rationalism - History

Netherlands History 16th century

Netherlands History 17th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Olandese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Inhoudsopgave; Voorwoord; Inleiding: Het verdriet van Belgica; H1. Dirck Volckertsz Coornhert en 'het voncxken des Godlijcken Lichts'; H2. Maerlant tot van der Noot. De rede in laatmiddeleeuwse en vroegmoderne teksten; H3. Verwante tijdsgenoten. Het volkstalig rationalisme en de kunst van het weldenken; H4. Antieke interesse. De weldenkers en de klassieke filosofie; H5. Redelijk geïnspireerd. De weldenkers en het spiritualisme; Conclusie; Bijlage; Literatuur; Register

Sommario/riassunto

During the second half of the sixteenth century, the share and importance of writings in the Dutch vernacular grew. Some of these texts proclaim a vision of life strongly based on what Coornhert calls 'the sparking of the Godly Light': reason in which every person participates and which enables every person to obtain true knowledge and a sincere life. These authors thus made an important contribution to an intellectual and cultural climate in which radical forms of rationalism could emerge later in the seventeenth century. Their work reflects a dynamic mixture of classical philosophy, vernacular humanism, enlightened Christianity, intellectual spiritualism and



pragmatic popular piety. Their starting points are human goodness and the possibility of moral growth through reasonable knowledge. Their goal is to achieve perfect happiness.