Eugenio Garin
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Eugenio Garin was an Italian philosopher and Renaissance historian. He was recognised as an authority on the cultural history of the Renaissance
. Born at Rieti
, Garin studied philosophy at the University of Florence
, graduating in 1929, and after a period as professor of philosophy at the licei scientifici di Palermo and the University of Cagliari
, Garin began teaching at his alma mater
in 1949 until 1974, then moving to the Scuola Normale di Pisa until his retirement in 1984. He also was the editor of the journals Rinascimento and Il Giornale Critico della Filosofia Italiana.
Renaissance
The Renaissance was a cultural movement that spanned roughly the 14th to the 17th century, beginning in Italy in the Late Middle Ages and later spreading to the rest of Europe. The term is also used more loosely to refer to the historical era, but since the changes of the Renaissance were not...
. Born at Rieti
Rieti
Rieti is a city and comune in Lazio, central Italy, with a population of c. 47,700. It is the capital of province of Rieti.The town centre rests on a small hilltop, commanding a wide plain at the southern edge of an ancient lake. The area is now the fertile basin of the Velino River...
, Garin studied philosophy at the University of Florence
University of Florence
The University of Florence is a higher study institute in Florence, central Italy. One of the largest and oldest universities in the country, it consists of 12 faculties...
, graduating in 1929, and after a period as professor of philosophy at the licei scientifici di Palermo and the University of Cagliari
University of Cagliari
The University of Cagliari is a university located in Cagliari, Italy. It was founded in 1620 and is organized in 11 Faculties.-History:The Studium Generalis Kalaritanum was founded in 1606 along the lines of the old Spanish Universities of Salamanca, Valladolid and Lérida...
, Garin began teaching at his alma mater
Alma mater
Alma mater , pronounced ), was used in ancient Rome as a title for various mother goddesses, especially Ceres or Cybele, and in Christianity for the Virgin Mary.-General term:...
in 1949 until 1974, then moving to the Scuola Normale di Pisa until his retirement in 1984. He also was the editor of the journals Rinascimento and Il Giornale Critico della Filosofia Italiana.
Works
- Giovanni Pico della Mirandola (1937)
- Il Rinascimento italiano (1941)
- Storia della filosofia italiana (1947, 1966, 1978); English translation: History of Italian Philosophy. (Amsterdam/New York, 2008)
- L'Umanesimo italiano (1952); English translation: Italian humanism; philosophy and civic life in the Renaissance (New York, 1965)
- Medioevo e rinascimento (1954)
- Cronache di filosofia italiana (1900-1943) (1955)
- L'educazione in Europa 1400-1600 (1957)
- La filosofia come sapere storico (1959)
- La cultura italiana tra Ottocento e Novecento (1962)
- Scienza e vita civile nel Rinascimento italiano (1965); English translation: Science and civic life in the Italian renaissance (New York, 1969)
- Ritratti di umanisti (Firenze: Sansoni 1967)
- Dal Rinascimento all'Illuminismo, (1970)
- Intellettuali italiani del XX secolo, (1974)
- Rinascite e rivoluzioni (1975)
- Lo zodiaco della vita, (1976); English translation: Astrology in the Renaissance: the zodiac of life (London, 1983)
- Filosofia e scienze nel Novecento, (1978)
- Tra due secoli (1983)
- Ermetismo del Rinascimento (1988)
- Umanisti artisti scienziati. Studi sul Rinascimento italiano (1989)
- Gli editori italiani tra Ottocento e Novecento (1991)