ID - 119323172 TI - The democratization of knowledge in Renaissance Italy : the philosopher and the people PY - 2023 SN - 9789048556243 9789463721387 PB - Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Theory of knowledge KW - anno 1500-1599 KW - Italy KW - Renaissance KW - Renaissance. KW - Knowledge, Sociology of KW - Sociologie de la connaissance. KW - Vie intellectuelle KW - Political aspects. KW - Intellectual life UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:119323172 AB - This publication identifies to what extent it is possible to speak of a democratization of knowledge in Renaissance Italy. It establishes the boundaries of the present investigation within the Aristotelian tradition, and outlines democratization as a process capable of assigning power to people. It deals with how the democratization of knowledge historically is invested equally in ideas from religion and philosophy, involving the same democratizers, moved by similar intentions, employing identical techniques of vulgarization and targeting equivalent communities of recipients. --Back cover ER -