THE “GOLDEN AGE” OF THE ITALIAN LITERATURE AND PHILOSOPHICAL THINKING

Abstract

The article is devoted to the study of the development and the heyday of Italian literature and philosophy in the period of so-called “Golden Ages” of the Renaissance, 15th-16th centuries. The main principles for the appearance of the new philosophical currents, so-called new natural philosophy and Italian averroism (a transformation of ideas of Muhammad Ibn Rushd (Averroè)) and the actual philosophical principles are given. The basis for the origin of typography art in Middle Age Italy, the activity of glorious Italian writers and the decay of the “Golden Age” is presented. Interesting data about the functioning of typographies in Italy, proven by the British Museum of Typography, is provided.

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