The Mirror of Minds or John Barclay's Icon Animorum
Original Latin text with English translation on facing pagesIn this essay from 1614 the Neo-Latin poet, translator, and commentator John Barclay describes the manners and mores of his European contemporaries. He derives the sources of an individual's peculiarities of behavior and temperament from the 'genius' - the individual character created by each person's upbringing, time of life, and profession. Barclay likewise describes each nation's genius, its national character, and provides some of the geographical and historical background from which he claims this genius arose. The essay is a valuable study, not only for the illustration it offe…
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Weitere Autoren: May, Thomas (Übers.)
- ISBN: 978-90-5867-945-1
- EAN: 9789058679451
- Produktnummer: 38179685
- Verlag: Leuven University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
- Seitenangabe: 380 S.
- Masse: H17.8 cm x B24.6 cm x D2.9 cm 890 g
- Abbildungen: 5 Halftones, black and white
- Gewicht: 890
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