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Canonical name: Rice, Eugene F.
Legal name: Rice, Eugene Franklin, Jr.
Other names: Rice, Eugene F., Jr.
Rice, Gene
Birthdate: 1924-08-20
Date of death: 2008-08-04
Gender: male
Education: Harvard University (BA|1947|MA|1948|Ph.D|1953)
École Normale Supérieure
Phillips Exeter Academy
Occupations: professor
historian
Organizations: Columbia University
Cornell University
United States Army (WWII)
Renaissance Society of America
Awards and honors: Philip Schaff Prize (1986)
John Gilmary Shea Prize (1985)
American Academy of Religion Award for Excellence (1988)
American Philosophical Society (2001)
American Academy of Arts & Sciences (1974)
Cause of death: cancer
Nationality: USA
Birthplace: Lexington, Kentucky, USA
Places of residence: New York, New York, USA
Place of death: New York, New York, USA
Associated Place (for map): New York, USA

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The Renaissance idea of wisdom by Eugene F. Rice

I read the first two and last chapters. The Renaissance "humanized the object of wisdom and [/or] guaranteed the natural autonomy of its acquisition” (201). The peculiar fact that the Renaissance redefined wisdom as active virtue is not important to me.

Oct 8, 2021

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The Foundations of Early Modern Europe 1460-1559 (The Norton History of Modern Europe) by Eugene F. Rice Jr.