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Formation of Conscious Personality in ItalyAristocracy of IntellectSelf-culture as an AimWant of National ArchitectureWant of National DramaEminence of Sculpture and PaintingPeculiar Capacity for LiteratureScholarshipMen of Many-sided GeniusTheir Relation to the AgeConflict between Mediæval Tradition and HumanismPetrarchThe Meaning of the Revival begun by himCosmopolitan PhilosophyTolerationAn Intellectual EmpireWorldlinessConfusion of Impulses and InspirationsCopernicus and ColumbusChristianity and the ClassicsItalian Incapacity for Religious ReformationFree Thought takes the form of LicenseHarmonies attempted between Christianity and Antique PhilosophyFlorentine AcademyPhysical Qualities of the ItaliansPortraits of Two PeriodsPhysical ExercisesDetermination of the Race to ScholarshipAncient Memories of RomeThe Cult of AntiquityDesire of FameFame to be found in LiteratureThe Cult of IntellectThe Cult of CharacterPreoccupation with Personal DetailsBiographyIdeal SketchesPosthumous GloryEnthusiasm for EruditionPiero de' PazziFlorence and AthensPaganismReal Value of Italian HumanismPico on the Dignity of Man 1 ...Formation of Conscious Personality in ItalyAristocracy of IntellectSelf-culture as an AimWant of National ArchitectureWant of National DramaEminence of Sculpture and PaintingPeculiar Capacity for LiteratureScholarshipMen of Many-sided GeniusTheir Relation to the AgeConflict between Mediæval Tradition and HumanismPetrarchThe Meaning of the Revival begun by himCosmopolitan PhilosophyTolerationAn Intellectual EmpireWorldlinessConfusion of Impulses and InspirationsCopernicus and ColumbusChristianity and the ClassicsItalian Incapacity for Religious ReformationFree Thought takes the form of LicenseHarmonies attempted between Christianity and Antique PhilosophyFlorentine AcademyPhysical Qualities of the ItaliansPortraits of Two PeriodsPhysical ExercisesDetermination of the Race to ScholarshipAncient Memories of RomeThe Cult of AntiquityDesire of FameFame to be found in LiteratureThe Cult of IntellectThe Cult of CharacterPreoccupation with Personal DetailsBiographyIdeal SketchesPosthumous GloryEnthusiasm for EruditionPiero de' PazziFlorence and AthensPaganismReal Value of Italian HumanismPico on the Dignity of Man.

About John Addington Symonds, the Author:

10 Aware of the taboo nature of his subject matter, Symonds referred obliquely to pederasty as 'that unmentionable custom' in a letter to a prospective reader of the book, but defined 'Greek love' in the essay itself as 'a passionate and enthusiastic attachment subsisting between man and youth, recognised by society and protected by opinion, which, though it was not free from sensuality, did not degenerate into mere licentiousness.' ...Symonds also translated classical poetry on homoerotic themes, and wrote poems drawing on ancient Greek imagery and language such as Eudiades, which has been called 'the most famous of his homoerotic poems': 'The metaphors are Greek, the tone Arcadian and the emotions a bit sentimental for pre

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