Salutati's Hercules: Biblical Hermeneutics for Pagan Books
Paul Richard Blum"Salutati's Hercules:Biblical Hermeneutics for Pagan Books"Now chapeter 4: "Coluccio Salutati: Hermeneutics of Humanity" in Philosophy of Religion in the Renaissance (Ashgate)
View ArticleWillensfreiheit und Recht bei Coluccio Salutati
De necessitate facimus voluntatem:Willensfreiheit und Recht bei Coluccio SalutatiPaul Richard Blum, Loyola College in MarylandDrei Problemkreise beschäftigten Coluccio Salutati[1], die ihn zu einem der...
View ArticleFicino's Praise of Georgios Gemistos Plethon
Paul Richard BlumEt nuper Plethon – Ficino's Praise of Georgios Gemistos Plethon and His Rational ReligionDraftFor the published version see: Laus Platonici PhilosophiMarsilio Ficino and his...
View ArticleEpistemologie seit Ficino: Ist Erkenntnis ein mind-body-Problem?
Paul Richard BlumEpistemologie seit Ficino: Ist Erkenntnis ein mind-body-Problem?[Ungarisch: Episztemológia Ficino óta: test-lélek probléma-e a megismerés? [, in Gábor Boros (ed.), Reneszánsz...
View ArticleReview: Giordano Bruno. Philosopher/Heretic by Ingrid D. Rowland
The Hunter Turned Preyby Paul Richard BlumGiordano Bruno. Philosopher/Hereticby Ingrid D. RowlandFarrar, Straus and Giroux, x+335 pages, $ 27.00Giordano Bruno (1548-1600) is a litmus test for modern...
View ArticleWonder and Wondering in the Renaissance
Wonder and Wondering in the RenaissanceElisabeth Blum and Paul Richard BlumNow available in:Michael Funk Deckard and Péter Losonczi (eds.), Philosophy Begins in Wonder. An Introduction to Early Modern...
View ArticleEpistemology and Cosmology in Neoplatonism: Is Cognition a Mind-Body-Problem?
Epistemology and Cosmology in Neoplatonism: Is Cognition a Mind-Body-Problem?By Paul Richard BlumOne philosophical approach to tell the “whole story of the whole cosmos for the whole person” requires...
View ArticleActing versus Knowing
Acting versus KnowingBy Paul Richard Blum[Now pp. 147-151 in Das Wagnis, ein Mensch zu sein: Geschichte - Natur - Religion]When Jesus was brought to the Calvary and crucified between the two...
View ArticleNicholas of Cusa and the Anthropology of Peace
Nicholas of Cusa and the Anthropology of PeaceBy Paul Richard Blum[Now published in Hans-Christian-Günther and Andrea Aldo Robiglio (eds.), The European Image of God and Man. A Contribution to the...
View ArticlePhilosophy in Poetry: Francesco Petrarca
LOYOLA COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCESDistinguished Scholar Lecture SeriesPromoting conversation about scholarshipamong the diverse academic disciplines at Loyola CollegeFriday, Oct. 9 at 2 p.m.Sellinger...
View ArticleBook Review Sousedík
Stanislav Sousedík. Philosophie der frühen Neuzeit in den böhmischen Ländern. Stuttgart- Bad Cannstatt: Frommann-Holzboog, 2009. 277 pp. EUR 158,00 ISBN 13 9783772824784Now published:...
View ArticleBook Review Keßler
Eckhard Keßler: Die Philosophie der Renaissance. Das 15. Jahrhundert. München: C. H. Beck, 2008. 270 S.Print version in Wolfenbütteler Renaissance-Mitteilungen 32 (2008-2010) 63-70.Endlich, so darf ich...
View ArticlePhilosophy of Religion in the Renaissance
PrefacePhilosophy of religion is theology for nonbelievers. God is the highest concept that philosophy can possibly attain, therefore traditionally theology and philosophy converge on this concept. As...
View ArticleThe Porphyrian Tree in 17th/18th Century Philosophy
God and Individuals: The Porphyrian Tree in 17th/18th Century Philosophy[In Italian in Rivista di filosofia neo-scolastica 91 (1999) 18-49 - plates are missing.]Introduction[1]One famous problem of so...
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Paul Richard Blum, ed. Philosophers of the RenaissanceTranslated by Brian McNeilPhilosophers of the Renaissance introduces readers to philosophical thinking from the end of the Middle Ages through the...
View ArticleAims and Means of Early Jesuit Education
Cultivating Talents and Social ResponsibilityAims and Means of Early Jesuit EducationThe Prefect of the Inferior Classes "should by all means support the Rector in guiding and organizing our schools,...
View ArticleColuccio Salutati und die Menschenwürde
Coluccio Salutati und die Menschenwürde Paul Richard BlumI. Coluccio Salutati (1331-1406) gilt als der erste Philosoph unter den italienischen Humanisten, sofern man unter Renaissance Humanismus die...
View ArticleIconology as a Spiritual Exercise
Iconology as a Spiritual Exercise: The compositio loci in Ignatius of LoyolaPaul Richard Blum (Loyola University Maryland, Baltimore)When in 2004 Mel Gibson’s film The Passion of the Christ was hyped I...
View ArticleContarini's Response to Pomponazzi
Gasparo Contarini's Response to Pomponazzi: A Methodic Antidote to Physicalism of the MindPaul Richard Blum (Loyola University Maryland, Baltimore; currently Palacky University Olomouc, Czech...
View ArticleLull and Ignatius of Loyola Encounter Muslims
How to Deal with Muslims? Raymond Lull and Ignatius of LoyolaPaul Richard Blum, Loyola University Maryland [Draft]As a small contribution to the investigation into the relationship between Christians...
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