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The Palace of Secrets

By Neil Kenny

The Palace of Secrets

By Neil Kenny

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During the Renaissance, different conceptions of knowledge were debated. Dominant among these was encyclopaedism, which treated knowledge as an ordered and unified circle of learning in which branches were logically related to each other. By contrast, writers like Montaigne saw human knowledge as an inherently unsystematic and subjective flux. This study explores the tension between these two views, examining the theories of knowledge, uses of genre, and the role of fiction in philosophical texts. Drawing on examples from sixteenth and seventeenth- century texts, and particularly focusing on the polymath Beroalde de Verville, Kenny provides an in-depth study of the two competing conceptions of knowledge.
Product details
Edition:
illustrated
Number of Pages:
320
Release Date:
1991-07-25
Publication Date:
2001-08-01
Publisher:
OUP Oxford
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0198158629
ISBN13:
9780198158622
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
584 g
Height:
145 cm
Width:
222 cm
Thickness:
22 cm
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