A Common Humanity? From Poetry to Philosophy in Hugo Grotius. (2023)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- A Common Humanity? From Poetry to Philosophy in Hugo Grotius. (2023)
- Main Title:
- A Common Humanity? From Poetry to Philosophy in Hugo Grotius
- Authors:
- Achinstein, Sharon
- Abstract:
- Abstract : This essay shows how Hugo Grotius (1583–1646) made use of classical poetry and drama, especially that of Lucan, Euripides, and Seneca, in developing his thought on the treatment of captives, prisoners of war, and slaves, and argues that his method was humanist and philological. From his early publishing projects to "The Rights of War and Peace" (De Iure Belli ac Pacis, 1625), Grotius developed an account of common social experience, a formal mechanism to represent dialogue with difference, and a refusal to apply categorical distinctions positing natural difference among peoples. His engagements with classical poetry and drama are thus an important piece of the story of early modern thought.
- Is Part Of:
- Renaissance Quarterly. Volume 76:Number 1(2023)
- Journal:
- Renaissance Quarterly
- Issue:
- Volume 76:Number 1(2023)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 76, Issue 1 (2023)
- Year:
- 2023
- Volume:
- 76
- Issue:
- 1
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2023-0076-0001-0000
- Page Start:
- 84
- Page End:
- 123
- Publication Date:
- 2023
- Subjects:
- European literature -- Renaissance, 1450-1600 -- Periodicals
Renaissance -- Periodicals
809.31 - Journal URLs:
- https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/renaissance-quarterly ↗
- DOI:
- 10.1017/rqx.2022.441 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 0034-4338
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- Legaldeposit
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