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Juan Luis Vives

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  1. Carlos G. Noreña
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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XIII
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  2. The Life of Juan Luis Vives

    1. The Vicissitudes of Vives’ Fame

      • Carlos G. Noreña
      Pages 1-14

    2. The Legacy of Valencia (1492–1509)

      • Carlos G. Noreña
      Pages 15-28

    3. The Student of Montaigu (1509–1512)

      • Carlos G. Noreña
      Pages 29-48

    4. From Bruges to Louvain (1512–1523)

      • Carlos G. Noreña
      Pages 49-75

    5. Vives in England (1523–1528)

      • Carlos G. Noreña
      Pages 76-104

    6. Isolation, Maturity, and Death (1528–1540)

      • Carlos G. Noreña
      Pages 105-120

  3. Vives’ Thought

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 121-121
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    2. In the Steps of Erasmus and Beyond

      • Carlos G. Noreña
      Pages 123-147

    3. The Eclectic Criticism of Vives

      • Carlos G. Noreña
      Pages 148-175

    4. Vives on Education

      • Carlos G. Noreña
      Pages 176-199

    5. Individual and Social Ethics

      • Carlos G. Noreña
      Pages 200-227

    6. Range and Purpose of Human Knowledge

      • Carlos G. Noreña
      Pages 228-253

    7. The Process of Knowledge

      • Carlos G. Noreña
      Pages 254-274

    8. The Significance of Vives’ Thought

      • Carlos G. Noreña
      Pages 275-299

  4. Back Matter

    Pages 300-327
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Humanism has constantly proclaimed the belief that the only way to improve man's life on earth is to make man himself wiser and better. Unfortunately, the voice of the humanists has always been challenged by the loud and cheap promises of scientists, by the inflammatory tirades of politicians, and by the apocalyptic visions of false prophets. Material greed, nonsensical chauvinism, racial prejudice, and religious antagonism have progressively defiled the inner beauty of man. Today's bankruptcy of man's dignity in the midst of an unparalleled material abundance calls for an urgent revival of humanistic ideals and values. This book was planned from its very start as a modest step in that direction. It is not my intention, however, to attempt, once again, a global interpretation of Humanism in general, or of Renaissance Humanism in particular. I have been dissuaded from such a purpose by the failure of contemporary scholars to agree on such basic issues as whether the Renaissance was a total break with or a continuation of medieval culture, whether it was basically a Christian or a pagan movement, whether it was the effect or the cause of the classical revival. Instead, then, of discussing the significance of sixteenth century humanism, this book concentrates upon the life and the thought of a single humanist.

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