La Renaissance Italienne et la Philosophie de l'Histoire by Emile Gebhart
"La Renaissance Italienne et la Philosophie de l'Histoire" by Émile Gebhart is a historical account written in the late 19th century. This work explores the rich cultural and intellectual movements of the Italian Renaissance, emphasizing how individualism shaped this transformative period. The text provides insights into significant figures and events, examining the psychological and social dimensions that contributed to the emergence of modern thought. At the start of the book, Gebhart introducesthe central themes and philosophies of Jacob Burckhardt's theories on the Renaissance, discussing the interplay between individual personalities and the broader cultural shifts of the time. He notes the notable resilience of individual character during periods of societal oppression, focusing on figures like Machiavelli and Frà Salimbene as reflections of the era's complex moral landscape. The opening sets the stage for a deeper exploration of how the Renaissance redefined concepts of politics, art, and ethics in Italy, and hints at the juxtaposition of this cultural flourishing against the backdrop of social violence and tyranny that characterized the period. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Read now or download (free!)
| Choose how to read this book | Url | Size | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Read online (web) | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/43196.html.images | 424 kB | ||||
| EPUB3 (E-readers incl. Send-to-Kindle) | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/43196.epub3.images | 278 kB | ||||
| EPUB (older E-readers) | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/43196.epub.images | 281 kB | ||||
| EPUB (no images, older E-readers) | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/43196.epub.noimages | 240 kB | ||||
| Kindle | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/43196.kf8.images | 409 kB | ||||
| older Kindles | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/43196.kindle.images | 369 kB | ||||
| Plain Text UTF-8 | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/43196.txt.utf-8 | 381 kB | ||||
| Download HTML (zip) | https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/43196/pg43196-h.zip | 249 kB | ||||
| There may bemore files related to this item. | ||||||
Similar Books
About this eBook
| Author | Gebhart, Emile, 1839-1908 |
|---|---|
| LoC No. | 38023660 |
| Title | La Renaissance Italienne et la Philosophie de l'Histoire |
| Note | Reading ease score: 64.8 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Credits | Produced by Clarity, Hélène de Mink, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) |
| Language | French |
| LoC Class | DG: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Italy, Vatican City, Malta |
| Subject | Renaissance -- Italy |
| Subject | History -- Philosophy |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 43196 |
| Release Date | Jul 11, 2013 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 165 downloads in the last 30 days. |
| Project Gutenberg eBooks are always free! | |
