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Esprit '91. Proceedings of the annual Esprit conference. Brussels, 25-29 November 1991. EUR 13853 EN
Socrates, or on Human Knowledge: Bilingual Edition
'Socrates, Or On Human Knowledge' is the first sceptical treatise of the early modern period to be written by a Jew. This work, written in the vernacular and signed by the author describing himself as a "Venetian Jew," must be considered a key work for investigating the intensive transfer of knowledge between Jews and Christians and as a mirror of the contemporary philosophical leanings and social and political changes