Problem nieśmiertelności duszy w humanistycznej myśli epoki Renesansu
The problem of the immortality of the soul in Renaissance humanist thought

Summary/Abstract: During the Renaissance an increased interest in the problem of the immortality of the soul wasobserved, and although this question became particularly important for the philosophers ofthe sixteenth century, it is worth noting that it was widely discussed already in the quattrocento.This article presents some results of the research on the revival of the analyses regardinghuman immortality; it discusses the impact of a humanists’ new vision of man and educationon the dispute on immortality. Studia humanitatis, as an expression of Renaissance anthropocentrism,had the effect in the form of treaties on human dignity and nobility. Adding to thisthe concept of individualism in the humanistic pedagogy and new translations and editionsof ancient works, including De Anima of Aristotle and the commentaries on this text, we havean explanation for the intensification of the discussions on the immortality of human soul.

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