The Vernacular Aristotle: Translation as Reception in Medieval and Renaissance Italy
- ISBN-10
- 1108481817
- ISBN-13
- 9781108481816
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 304
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2019-12-31
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Author
- Eugenio Refini
Description
The first study of the reception of Aristotle in Medieval and Renaissance Italy that considers the ethical dimension of translation.
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