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**Giambattista Gelli's Circe – A Renaissance Dialogue on Humanity**
This edition presents Circe, a dialogue by the 16th-century Italian humanist Giambattista Gelli. The work explores moral, psychological, and social questions about human existence and our place in the world, reflecting the tensions of the late Renaissance. Gelli uses the classical myth of the sorceress Circe, who turns Odysseus’s (Ulysses’s) crew into animals, to pose a central question: “Is it good to be human?”
In the dialogue, Ulysses asks Circe to restore his companions to human form. She agrees only if they themselves wish it. What follows is a series of conversations between Ulysses and the transformed beings—now animals—who debate whether to return to humanity. The text examines humanity as complex, contradictory, and often base, challenging the idealized vision of earlier humanists.
The edition is intended for specialists and students of the humanities. Gelli’s inquiry into the nature of human identity remains relevant today. Price: 1238.00 RUR.