Western identity from classical greece to the renaissance, is a rich and engaging introduction or reintroduction to major ideasparticularly visual arts, literature, philosophy and religionthat influenced the development of western civilization. She was born in rome and educated there, and later received a ba, masters, and phd in italian literature from columbia, writing her dissertation on petrarch. Western identity from classical greece to the renaissance, published by knopf doubleday. The book is heavy, pages crisp, a joy to hold and read. In the balance of the charmides, plato has socrates lead a longer inquiry as to how we may gain knowledge of ourselves.
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Know thyself by ingrid rossellini is a free netgalley ebook that i read in midmay. In this book the independent scholar ingrid rossellini surveys the major ideas that, from greek and roman antiquity through the christian medieval era up to the dawn of modernity in the renaissance, have guided the western project of selfknowledge. Ingrid rossellini shows us where we have come from and who we need to be as citizens in a diverse and everchanging world. Classic literature that inspired ingrid rossellini read it. Ingrid rossellini ingrid rossellini is the author of know thyself.
Western identity from classical greece to the renaissance is the culmination of a lifetime spent studying art and philosophy and, through those lenses, psychology. Know thyself, was the ancient admonition of the oracle of delphi. Rossellini herself has presented other cultures and, like her title and grandiose preface, outstrips the more limited goals of the book itself. Know thyself this fundamental imperative appeared for the first time in ancient greece, specifically in delphi, the temple of the god apollo, who represented the enlightened power of reason. Know thyself personal intelligence opens a privileged window into our own minds as well as into the most byzantine motivations of others. Aug 17, 2011 book an astrology reading with santos. Know thyself is bound to delight all curious readers. Introduces the origins of selfunderstanding in the cultures of ancient greece, the roman empire, the middle ages, and the renaissance, and explains. She has taught literature and italian film at columbia, nyu, harvard, princeton, and other universities. The evolution of a culture a tour of european civilization from greek antiquity to the end of the renaissance, though not quite in the manner of kenneth clark. Ingrid rossellini introduces the origins of selfunderstanding in the cultures of ancient greece, the roman empire, the middle ages, and the renaissance, and explains how western civilization frames the.