Quiz 14 Flashcards
Which group of scholars wanted to get away from “glosses” and back to originals, 1) the humanists or 2) the scholastic?
1) The humanists
John Argyropoulos was lecturing on Greek language and literature in Florence by 1459. Who became his famous student?
Marsilio Ficino
T/F: by the middle of the 15th century almost all the major manuscripts of antiquity were available to scholars?
true
T/F: According to Alberti, we have as much to learn from inelegant writers as from great ones
False
According to Alberti, what use should we make of money?
noble projects
In what year did Constantinople fall to the Ottoman Turks?
1453
What did Ficino found in Florence (financed by Cosimo in 1462)?
The platonic academy
What is spiritual love inspired?
Physical beauty
T/F: pico’s concept of truth was dramatically different from our own modern pluralistic outlook
True
T/F: Pico says that man is a being deserving of all admiration
True
T/F: according to pico, god created man without a defined a restricted nature
True
T/F: according to pico, people can and do descend to the lower, brutish forms of life
True
According to pico, what will humans reveal themselves to be if they are intellectual?
To be God-like or Angel-like
T/F: according to pico, spiritual intelligence requires freedom from the body
False
The ideal courtier is described in terms of luomo universale. How is this translated?
The well-rounded person
The courtier is a man of many talents, All of which should be displayed with sprezzatura. Translate.
Nonchalance and grace
T/F: Castiglione illustrates the modern interest in probing the intrinsic moral values in human action
False
What does the first speaker say is “the principal and true profession of the courtier”?
To be a man of arms
Speaker 2 describe the purpose of practice. How than should “what is done and said” appear?
without effort
Which two languages should a courtier learn?
Latin and Greek
T/F: Beauty is more necessary for a woman that a courtier
True
About what should a lady be cautious?
Not to utter words that might offend men
How did women often come into control of large fortunes and lucrative businesses?
Inheritance
According to Laura Cereta, what does the acquisition of knowledge require?
Diligence
T/F: Marinella maintains that women are generally equal of men
False
According to Marinella, what is God’s special gift to women (i.e. Not given to men)?
Beauty
T/F: according to Marinella, men should, indeed, try to embellish their beauty
False
