Socrates, or on Human Knowledge: Bilingual Edition

by Luzzatto Simone and Simone Luzzatto

Socrates, Or On Human Knowledge, published in Venice in 1651, is the only work written by a Jew that contains so far the promise of a genuinely sceptical investigation into the validity of human certainties. Simone Luzzatto masterly developed this book as a pi ce of theatre where Socrates, as main actor, has the task to demonstrate the limits and weaknesses of the human capacity to acquire knowledge without being guided by revelation. He achieved...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3110557533
• ISBN13: 9783110557534
• Release Date: August 2019
• Publisher: de Gruyter
• Length: 579 Pages
• Weight: 2.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 6.7" x 9.6"