Guarino Veronese

See also: Guarino Guarini, Véronèse (homonymous)

Guarino Veronese still called Guarino Guarini or Guarino da Verona (born v. 1370 with Vérone, in Venezia - died the December 14th 1460 with Ferrare, in Emilie-Romagna) was a humanistic Italy N of the 15th century. It is one of the pioneers of the study of the Greek at the dawn of the Renaissance.

Guarino Veronese was the pupil with Padoue of Giovanni di Conversino da Ravenna. It held thereafter famous “a École ”, where it had like disciple Leonello d' Este. Foreigner with any form of moralism, it proposed there a pedagogy of which the goal was to concretely carry out the ideal of an honest well-read man, who made use of his own doctrines to promote the wellbeing of the company.

A controversy opposed Guarino Veronese to Poggio Bracciolini ( Pogge ) about the compared merits of César and Scipion In 1435, Pogge exalte, in a letter with the Ferrarais Scipion Mainenti, the merits of the winner of Hannibal. Outraged, Guarino retorts in a letter with Leonello d' Este, which will be followed of a new letter of Polge - addressed this time to Francisco Barbaro - ( Defensio of praestentia Cesaris and Scipionis ). The stake of this controversy lies within the scope of the political struggles of the Italy of the Quattrocento, where the temptation of the Tyrannie, associated with the Civil war, worried the spirits and nourished the writings.

Guarini was a writer very scholar, who translated Greek and Latin of many works, in particular of Plutarque and the totality of the work of Strabon. Its correspondence is filled of information on its activity and that of the other humanistic ones with which it was in relation.

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