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History of Philosophy.net. Today's episode will be an interview about ethics in the

Renaissance with David Lyons who is reader in Italian studies at the University of

Warwick. Hi David. Hello. Thanks very much for coming on the podcast series.

So perhaps you can start by giving us a general sense of the sources that Renaissance thinkers

drew on when they were discussing ethics.

I guess the most obvious source would be Aristotle's

Nicomachean ethics, which they certainly knew.

I guess they did read that quite eagerly,

but there were probably other sources of inspiration as well.

That's right. Aristotle was a very important source inspiration as well. That's right.

Aristotle was a very important source, as you indicate, the Nicomecian ethics in the first place,

but also other works, including the Magna Moralia and other works such as the Udemian ethics as well,

which are not terribly well known in the medieval period,

but become much better known in the Renaissance period.

They're not that well known today either. No, quite. much better known in the Renaissance period.

They're not that well known today either.

No, quite.

That's unfortunate.

But there are lots of sources from antiquity,

besides Aristotle that are important.

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