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HoP 370 - Ingrid Rowland on Rome in the Renaissance

History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps

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Roman Humanism and the Vatican

The Roman Academy is almost entirely subsidized by the popes. A good deal of the philosophy that's generated in Rome goes towards justifying its status as a Christian capital. Why God always meant for this religion that began in the Holy Land to end up in Italy all of that has to be justified and so there's a vested interest among the popes themselves and among the humanists to say why they are where they are and why this is of crucial importance. That sounds like a commonality then between the Roman Academy and the Florentine Academy  this intense combination of classical antiquity including pagan philosophers like platinus on the one hand and still Christian piety on the other day I mean Marcell

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