GENERAL INTRODUCTION＆By Paul Oskar Kristeller and John Herman Randall，Jr 1
Ⅰ．FRANCESCO PETRARCA＆Translated by Hans Nachod 21
INTRODUCTION．＆by Hans Nachod 23
A SELF-PORTRAIT 34
THE ASCENT OF MONT VENTOUX 36
ON HIS OWN IGNORANCE AND THAT OF MANY OTHERS 47
A DISAPPROVAL OF AN UNREASONABLE USE OF THE DISCIPLINE OF DIALECTIC 134
AN AVERROIST VISITS PETRACA 140
PETRARCA＇S AVERSION TO ARAB SCIENCE 142
A REQUEST TO TAKE UP THE FIGHT AGAINST AVERROES 143
Ⅱ．LORENZO VALLA＆Translated by Charles Edward Trinkaus，Jr 145
INTRODUCTION．＆By Charles Edward Trinkaus，Jr 147
DIALOGUE ON FREE WILL 155
Ⅲ．MARSILIO FICINO＆Translated by Josephine L．Burroughs 183
INTRODUCTION．＆By Josephine L．Burroughs 185
FIVE QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE MIND 193
Ⅳ．GIOVANNI PICO DELLA MIRANDOLA＆Translated by Elizabeth Livermore Forbes 213
INTRODUCTION．＆By Paul Oskar Kristeller 215
ORATION ON THE DIGNITY OF MAN 223
Ⅴ．PIETRO POMPONAZZI＆Translated by William Henry Hay II，revised by John Herman Randall，Jr．，and annotated by Paul Oskar Kristeller 255
INTRODUCTION．＆By John Herman Randall，Jr 257
ON THE IMMORTALITY OF THE SOUL 280
Ⅵ．JUAN LUIS VIVES＆Translated by Nancy Lenkeith 383
INTRODUCTION．＆By Nancy Lenkeith 385
A FABLE ABOUT MAN 387
SELECTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY 395
SELECTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY 397
INDEX 401
INDEX 403