Icon animorum, or, The mirror of minds /:

Original Latin text with English translation on facing pages. In this essay from 1614 the Neo-Latin poet, translator, and commentator John Barclay describes the manners and mores of his European contemporaries. He derives the sources of an individual''s peculiarities of behavior and temper...

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Main Author: Barclay, John, 1582-1621 (Author)
Other Authors: May, Thomas, 1595-1650 (Translator), Riley, Mark T. (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Louvain, Belgium : Leuven University Press, 2013.
Series:Bibliotheca Latinitatis novae.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:Original Latin text with English translation on facing pages. In this essay from 1614 the Neo-Latin poet, translator, and commentator John Barclay describes the manners and mores of his European contemporaries. He derives the sources of an individual''s peculiarities of behavior and temperament from the 'genius'' - the individual character created by each person''s upbringing, time of life, and profession. Barclay likewise describes each nation''s genius, its national character, and provides some of the geographical and historical background from which he claims this genius arose. The essay is.
Physical Description:1 online resource (380 pages) : illustrations, portraits
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789461661395
9461661398
9058679454
9789058679451

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