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The Mirror of Minds or John Barclay's Icon Animorum

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by John Barclay
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Availability:In StockContributor:John Barclay, Mark Riley (Editor), Thomas May (Translator)Series:Bibliotheca Latinitatis NovaePublish date:2014-05-15Pages:380
Language:EnglishPublisher:Leuven University PressISBN-13:9789058679451ISBN-10:9058679454UPC:9789058679451Book Category:History, Literary Collections, Foreign Language StudyBook Subcategory:Modern, Essays, LatinBook Topic:17th CenturySize:9.50 x 6.90 x 1.10 inchesWeight:1.9423Product ID:SCPV05C0JT

The Mirror of Minds or John Barclay's Icon Animorum

In this essay from 1614, the Neo-Latin poet, translator, and commentator John Barclay describes the manners and mores of his European contemporaries. He derives the sources of an individual's peculiarities of behavior and temperament from the "genius"--the individual character created by each person's upbringing, time of life, and profession. Barclay likewise describes each nation's genius, its...

Series: Bibliotheca Latinitatis Novae
Language:EnglishPublisher:Leuven University PressISBN-13:9789058679451ISBN-10:9058679454UPC:9789058679451Book Category:History, Literary Collections, Foreign Language StudyBook Subcategory:Modern, Essays, LatinBook Topic:17th CenturySize:9.50 x 6.90 x 1.10 inchesWeight:1.9423Product ID:SCPV05C0JT

Mark Riley is Emeritus Professor of Classics at California State University, Sacramento. He has edited John Barclay's Argenis, as well as several other Neo-Latin texts.


Publisher: Leuven University Press

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John Barclay, Mark Riley (Editor), Thomas May (Translator)

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John Barclay

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