In this essay I would like to put to test the hypothesis that the late XVIth century dispute about religious freedom between Dirck Coornhert, the Dutch champion of toleration and morality, and Justus Lipsius, the neo-stoic defender of reason of State, introduced a fracture within Dutch political humanism, even though both authors are considered to share humanist ideals and perspectives. More precisely, by comparing Coornhert's charges of "machiavellianism" towards Lispius with his answer to those accusations, I will try to demonstrate that the Erasmian tradition of moral politics suffered a great shock by the publication of Lipsius' Politicorum Libri Sex, above all because of its reception of Machiavelli's thought.
La disputa tra Dirck Coornhert e Justus Lipsius, ovvero l'emergenza di un'antropologia machiavelliana nell'umanesimo olandese
VISENTIN, STEFANO
2015
Abstract
In this essay I would like to put to test the hypothesis that the late XVIth century dispute about religious freedom between Dirck Coornhert, the Dutch champion of toleration and morality, and Justus Lipsius, the neo-stoic defender of reason of State, introduced a fracture within Dutch political humanism, even though both authors are considered to share humanist ideals and perspectives. More precisely, by comparing Coornhert's charges of "machiavellianism" towards Lispius with his answer to those accusations, I will try to demonstrate that the Erasmian tradition of moral politics suffered a great shock by the publication of Lipsius' Politicorum Libri Sex, above all because of its reception of Machiavelli's thought.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
