The Commentary Literature on Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics in Early Renaissance Italy: Preliminary Considerations

In a letter of 1404 to the Sienese professor Francesco Casini, the Italian humanist Coluccio Salutati expressed appreciation for the addressee's commentary on Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, comparing it favorably with the Greek (XI/XII century) commentaries of Eustratius and Michael of Ep...

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Main Author: Lines, David A. (Author)
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Published: Cambridge University Press 1999
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Year: 1999, Volume: 54, Pages: 245-282
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