Leonardo Bruni 1370 – 1444
Leonardo Bruni (1370 – 1444) was an Italian philosopher of the Modern era, associated with Renaissance.
Leonardo Bruni was an Italian Renaissance humanist, historian, and statesman, chancellor of the Florentine Republic for two long terms in the early fifteenth century and one of the foremost civic humanists of his age. He produced elegant Latin translations of Aristotle, Plato, Plutarch, and Demosthenes that reopened Greek philosophy and history to the Latin West, and his History of the Florentine People applied the methods of classical historiography to modern republican history. His Panegyric of the City of Florence, Life of Petrarch, and Life of Dante shaped the Renaissance vision of culture as a humane and civic discipline.
Key facts
- Nationality
- Italian
- Era
- Modern
- Movements
- Renaissance
Selected quotes
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Attributed to Leonardo Bruni:
“The studia humanitatis form citizens fit for the republic.”
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Attributed to Leonardo Bruni:
“History is the teacher of life.”
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Attributed to Leonardo Bruni:
“Liberty is the highest good of a city.”
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Attributed to Leonardo Bruni:
“The republic is the form of life best suited to human dignity.”
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Attributed to Leonardo Bruni:
“To translate well one must inhabit two languages with equal love.”
Leonardo Bruni by topic
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- Leonardo Bruni was an Italian Renaissance humanist, historian, and statesman, chancellor of the Florentine Republic for two long terms in the early fifteenth century and one of the foremost civic humanists of his age.
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