In this short article I will explain that in what sense did Salutati adopt Stoic ethics according to his letter found in Jill Kraye. Salutati was an Italian humanist and man of letter and he is one of the most known political and cultural leader for Renaissance Florence and he was appointed chancellor of Florence on 1375 until his death , which was on that time one of the most important position in the administration of the republic of Florence.
Salutati ethical perspective was much influenced by stoicism doctrine and was based on his reading of the Roman moralists Cicero and Seneca. However he gradually moved toward a Aristotelian's point of view and mainly he interested in the emotions. Salutati become very suspicious about the Stoic claim that complete non emotionality is possible. But for Salutati that more interestingly was Aristotelian belief that emotion needed to be controlled and channelled in proper direction. Rather than exterminated.
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Following a discussion of the core ideologies of virtue ethics, Athanassoulis introduces three objections that the approach often receives: self-centeredness, action-guiding, and moral luck (Athanassoulis, pp. 15-18). For the purpose of this dialogue, two of these rebuttals will be considered, along with any evidence supporting or refuting their credibility.
2.Guglielmo Ferrero, Ancient Rome and Modern America: A Comparative Study of Morals and Manners, G. P. Putnam's Sons Publishing, New York, 1914. (pg. 130-143)
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Pico della Mirandola was an Italian scholar and philosopher of the Renaissance Period. In Mirandola’s most famous work, Oration of the Dignity of Man, he explains the importance of Man and how “God the Father, the supreme Architect” created Man to admire His great work. Miranda wrote Oration of the Dignity of Man in 1486 during the Renaissance time period when the Medieval World had slowly come to an end as the idea of Humanism arose. The Medieval world was so dark, centered on fear of God, constantly making people feel like they were completely insignificant to the greater power of God. As Humanism arose, scholars and philosophers started releasing works that did not dismantle the idea that God is the creator of all, but brought out the idea that with the importance of God comes the importance and happiness of humanity. Mirandola’s work stems from this very idea. By breaking away from the old medieval tradition, Miranda presents a new idea to people- one that says God has given man the freedom and liberty to determine and choose his own destiny and shape his own life through the power of his own free-will without having a predetermined path or nature.
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