This collective work offers a nuanced analysis of the evolution of the notion of human dignity during the Renaissance, from Dante and Erasmus to Michel de Montaigne. The rigidity of the medieval order was progressively replaced with the uncertainty of a liberty enabling man to rise to the level of angels or descend to that of beasts.
CLIL theme: 4027 -- SCIENCES HUMAINES ET SOCIALES, LETTRES -- Lettres et Sciences du langage -- Lettres -- Etudes littéraires générales et thématiques
ISBN:978-2-8124-5849-1
EAN:9782812458491
ISSN: 2114-1096
DOI: 10.15122/isbn.978-2-37312-796-6
Publisher: Classiques Garnier
Online publication: 11-25-2006
Language: French
Keyword: Melancholy, metaphysics, Copernican revolution, Jacob’s ladder, heroization, theandrism, Erasmus, Cicero, Dante, history of ideas in the sixteenth century