Battista Guarino (; 1434–1503(?)) was the youngest son of
Guarino da Verona
Guarino Veronese or Guarino da Verona (1374 – 14 December 1460) was an Italian classical scholar, humanist, and translator of ancient Greek texts during the Renaissance. In the republics of Florence and Venice he studied under Manuel Chryso ...
. He was one of the most significant
humanists
Humanism is a philosophical stance that emphasizes the individual and social potential, and agency of human beings, whom it considers the starting point for serious moral and philosophical inquiry.
The meaning of the term "humanism" has ...
of his time in northern Italy. Guarino was also an active teacher. He is the presumed author of the ballad Alda.
Literature
* Daniela Bermond (
Bremen, Germany
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): Der Stellenwert rhetorischer Bildung in humanistischen ‚Lehrplänen’ von Battista Guarino dem Jüngeren bis zu
Castiglione (German, ''The value of rhetorical education in human curricula from Battista Guarino the Younger until Castiglione'')
External links
* http://history.hanover.edu/texts/guarino.html
Italian Renaissance humanists
1434 births
1513 deaths
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