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Title
Simone Luzzatto's scepticism in the context of early modern thought
Type
Text
Monograph
Multimedia
Contribution
Veltri, Giuseppe (Editor)
Torbidoni, Michela (Editor)
Subject
Luzzatto, Simone, -1663
Judaism--Italy--Venice--History--17th century (LCSH)
Jewish philosophy--Italy--Venice--History--17th century (LCSH)
Language
English
Geographic Coverage
Classification
LCC: BM755.L83 (Assigner: dlc) (Status: used by assigner)
DDC: 181/.06 full (Assigner: dlc)(Source: 23/eng/20240109)
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Summary
"Much of the most recent research on Jewish scepticism was inspired by the work of the early modern Venetian rabbi Simone Luzzatto, the first thinker in the history of Jewish thought to declare himself a sceptic and a follower of the New Academy. This collected volume shines new light on the intimate relationship between Luzzatto's sceptical thinking and an era marked by paradoxes and contrasts between religious devotion and scientific rationalism, as well as between the rabbinic-biblical Jewish tradition and the open tendency towards engagement with non-Jewish philosophical, literary, scientific, and theological cultures. It plots out an original path along which to understand Luzzatto's scepticism by pointing to the various facets of being a Jewish sceptic in seventeenth-century Italy"-- Provided by publisher.
Table Of Contents
What Kind of (Sceptical) Work is Simone Luzzatto's Socrates? / Josef Stern
Sextus Empiricus's Works as Guideline for Simone Luzzatto's Socratic Ignorance / Michela Torbidoni
Apologetic Strategies, Scepticism, and Empiricism in Simone Luzzatto's Works / Giuseppe Veltri
Simone Luzzatto's Scepticism in Light of Medieval Jewish Apologetics / Fabrizio Lelli "Everyone is Free to Decide to Investigate Every Kind of Discourse" Simone Luzzatto's Lettera Approbatoria to The Revealer of Secrets (1640?) by Samuel ha-Kohen da Pisa Lusitano / Anna Lissa
The Image of King Solomon in Simone Luzzatto's Writings / Warren Zev Harvey
Simone Luzzatto's Political Thought: Between Reason of State, Scepticism, and Jewish Political Tradition / Guido Bartolucci
Simone Luzzatto's View on Jewish Ritual and Its Social Functions: A Consideration of His Sceptical Thought in the Intellectual Context of His Age / Mina Lee
Simone Luzzatto's Appraisal of Prudence / Giuseppe Veltri and Anna Lissa
Varieties of Mercantilism: Simone Luzzatto and the Economic Role of the Jews in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries / Luca Andreoni
"Seek the Peace of the City to which I have exiled you" in Simone Luzzatto and Menasseh ben Israel, with Azariah de' Rossi behind the Scenes / Myriam Silvera.
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Simone Luzzatto's scepticism in the context of early modern thought
Admin Metadata
Generation Process: DLC marc2bibframe2 v2.5.0
Status: changed
Encoding Level: prepublication
Identified By: bf:Local, 23493533
Change Date: 2024-01-09T11:32:32
Creation Date: 2024-01-03
Description Language: English
Description Authentication: Program for Cooperative Cataloging
Assigner: United States, Library of Congress