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Tables of Contents for Defining the Humanities
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION
ix
10
PREFACE
xix
4
INTRODUCTION
xxiii
PART ONE The Birth of the Humanities in the Renaissance
3
84
1 The Humanist Transformation of Classical Antiquity
3
22
2 Petrarch and the Origins of the Humanities
25
34
3 Cicero in Grief: The Classical Soul Revealed
59
17
4 Ancient and Modern Categories of Thought
76
11
PART TWO The Death of the Humanities in the Modern World
87
59
5 Degeneration from Within
87
31
6 Change from Without
118
28
PART THREE Looking Forward
146
54
7 Lessons from the Renaissance
146
10
8 The Relevance of the Ancients
156
14
9 A Curriculum for Today
170
30
Epilogue
200
3
APPENDIX: THE HUMANITIES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
203
8
NOTES
211
11
WORKS CITED
222
9
INDEX
231