Alexandre Koyré - From the Closed World to the Infinite Universe

 An outstanding account of the crisis of the European Consciousness, from a cosmological perspective. 

Just follow this LINK to get the complete book, in PDF format. 

Renaissance Humanism

 Renaissance. 

 

1. Lorenzo de Medicis and philanthropy. Libraries. 

2. Marsilio Ficino and Pico della Mirandola: 

Philosophers recovering the Greeks.  

3. The notion of intellectual patronage: 

Not just piling cash: vision, mission, philosophy. 

1. Recovering Lucretius and Epicurus.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fI1OeMmwYjU