Vita activa and vita contemplativa on Poggio Bracciolini: between prevailing and tranquillity

  • Martín José Ciordia Conicet - Universidad de Buenos Aires

Keywords:

vita activa, vita contemplativa, humanism, prince, Poggio Bracciolini

Abstract

In this article we attempt to consider the subject of vita activa and vita contemplativa in the work of Poggio Bracciolini (1380-1459), concentrating there-fore mainly in his dialogue De infelicitate principum. Our hypothesis is that, in this text, there’s a confrontation, without reaching a final thesis, between two different concepts of happiness (one as ‘prevalence’, the other as ‘tranquility of the soul’). On the other hand, this academic and Ciceronian lack of a definitive response leaves open, in the dialogue, a general questioning about the human being and his culture in those years of the Italian Quattrocento.

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Published

2018-03-14

How to Cite

Ciordia, M. J. (2018). Vita activa and vita contemplativa on Poggio Bracciolini: between prevailing and tranquillity. Circe De clásicos Y Modernos, 18(2), 111–121. Retrieved from https://cerac.unlpam.edu.ar/ojs/index.php/circe/article/view/2426