Listen "The Northern Renaissance: Aesthetics, Mystics, and Humanists"
Episode Synopsis
The Northern Renaissance may be infused with the same spirit as the Italian Renaissance, but it manifested in uniquely northern European ways. On today's episode, we'll take a look at the following questions: How does Goethe's Faustus grapple with the relationship between knowledge and goodness? What was the danger in Nicholas of Cusa's philosophical innovation regarding man's relationship with God? Why did the Northern Renaissance produce great thinkers and reformers? Recommended Viewing: Northern Renaissance paintings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York) Northern Renaissance paintings at the Museo del Prado (Madrid, Spain)
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